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daggerboard
[dag-er-bawrd, -bohrd]
noun
a removable board on a small sailboat, typically of small dimension fore and aft, lowered into the water through a trunk to serve as a keel.
daggerboard
/ ˈ»åæɡəˌ²úɔ˻å /
noun
a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway Compare centreboard
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of daggerboard1
Example Sentences
When the boats are foiling, they’re riding only on the leeward daggerboard and both rudders.
We tipped the boat again, and I swam around to grab the daggerboard.
A single daggerboard—which slides vertically through the keel to reduce sideways movement—costs hundreds of thousands of pounds.
The Italian team dropped out of that race because of a damaged daggerboard.
Artemis Racing sailed with a new daggerboard in the port hull.
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