Definitions for: Garboard

[n] the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship

Webster (1913) Definition: Gar"board, n. (Naut.)
One of the planks next the keel on the outside, which form a
garboard strake.

Garboard strake or streak, the first range or strake of
planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. --Totten.

Synonyms: garboard plank, garboard strake

See Also: strake, wale