[…] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]
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Leeboard
Synonyms for "leeboard" (3 found)
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Translations
4 translations across 3 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- zijzwaard noun (board lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway)
Finnish
1 entries- laitaköli noun (board lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway)
Polish
2 entries- miecz boczny noun (board lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway)
- szwert boczny noun (board lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Forward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked.
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I lowered the starboard leeboard. I sent Kester up forward with the binoculars. 'Any buoy,' I told him, 'just yell and point.'
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Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed.
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