centerboarder
/ˈsɛntɚˌbɔɹdɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A boat equipped with a centerboard.
Example Sentences
- "J. Bordee, Jr. has designed a 21 ft. centerboarder which the Globe describes as follows: “The board will be a centerboard of moderate beam and light draft, but with a heavily weighted board and …”"
- "Many people, however, thought that the centerboarder could not fight the midwinter storms even---if she had beaten Henrietta to Cape May and back in a gale---and made her the underdog to trail at Cowes."
- "By the same token, a "centerboarder" could easily clear the bars at the mouth of either the North or South Channel of the St. Clair Flats."
Etymology
From centerboard + -er.