Associations to the word «Garboard»

Wiktionary

GARBOARD, noun. (nautical) The board on a boat which attaches to the keel running fore and aft along the bottom.

Dictionary definition

GARBOARD, noun. The first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats