garboard strake

the first strake on each side of a keel.

Origin of garboard strake

First recorded in 1620–30

"I've got one fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.

The Day's Work, Volume 1 |Rudyard Kipling
Poor man, it knocked him silly, and he fell over the garboard-strake and barked his shin on the cat-heads.

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories |Mark Twain
"I've got one-fraction of an inch play, at any rate," said the garboard-strake, triumphantly.

Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II |Rudyard Kipling
That which is placed between the garboard-strake and lower back-strake.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth

Here spoke a sea-valve that communicated directly with the water outside, and was seated not very far from the garboard-strake.

The Day's Work, Volume 1 |Rudyard Kipling