Definitions for centerboard

centerboard cen·ter·board

Spelling: [sen-ter-bawrd, -bohrd]
IPA: /ˈsɛn tərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/

Centerboard is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 965 anagrams from letters in centerboard (abcdeenorrt).

Definitions for centerboard

noun

  1. a pivoted fin keel that can be swung upward and aft within a watertight trunk when not in use.

Origin of centerboard

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50; center + board

Examples for centerboard

If I could get to the centerboard and drop it, I believed the sloop would ride better and could be steered.

Joe dropped the centerboard and returned, to be stationed at the jib-sheet.

You were right in insisting on shallow draught and a centerboard.

This makes it almost impossible to dispense with the centerboard in small boats.

I leaped down into the cockpit and quickly lowered the centerboard.

It was long, narrow, and low in freeboard and was fitted with a centerboard.

While fully aware of its disadvantages, I am a firm believer in the centerboard for small cruising boats.

Jonadab rolled up his shirt sleeves and laid hands on the centerboard stick.

I felt the centerboard drop; a patch of sail rose on the main.

Will you shove the centerboard down by the iron handle, and then take hold of the tiller, Miss Haldane?

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