lee-boardn.1
Obsolete.
The lee-side (of a vessel).
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > away from wind
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lee or weather beam1834
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3625 Ledys one leburde, lordys and oþer.
1570 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Lekprevik) ix. 56 Leidis on leburd [MS. luff burd].
1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxxix. 161 The other Captayns being a Lea boord, and hearing the sound of the ordinance, did returne.
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Biiv Graunt syne, ô Neptune, god of seas profound, That readars think on leebord.
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lee-boardn.2
/ˈliːbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈliˌbɔrd/ A strong frame of plank, fixed to the side of a flat-bottomed vessel, which, being let down into the water diminishes her drift to leeward.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > board to diminish drift to leeward
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1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 126 Of the Lee-boards, their use, dimension and place.
1732 Ld. Tyrawly in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 381 The Molettas..steer almost altogether by their lee-board.
1813 Gentleman's Mag. June 522/1 With respect to keeping to windward, lee~boards and sliding keels will effect this.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. ii. 47 The lee board of a Dutch Schuyt.
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