leeboard

leeboard
/lee"bawrd', -bohrd'/, n. Naut.
either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.
[1400-50; late ME: the lee side of a ship; see LEE1, BOARD]

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