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daggerboard

[ dag-er-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. 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

/ ˈæɡəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a light bladelike board inserted into the water through a slot in the keel of a boat to reduce keeling and leeway Compare centreboard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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When the boats are foiling, they’re riding only on the leeward daggerboard and both rudders.

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We tipped the boat again, and I swam around to grab the daggerboard.

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A single daggerboard—which slides vertically through the keel to reduce sideways movement—costs hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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The Italian team dropped out of that race because of a damaged daggerboard.

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Artemis Racing sailed with a new daggerboard in the port hull.

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