leeboard
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]"
- "Forward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked."
- "I lowered the starboard leeboard. I sent Kester up forward with the binoculars. 'Any buoy,' I told him, 'just yell and point.'"
- "Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed."
- "[…] because the leeboard side could be easily unrigged to avoid damaging the rigging, while the starboard side would be required to safely navigate the vessel."
- "Riek's berth was on the starboard side with two women, and mine was on the leeboard side with two men. One of the two men was a baron, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: lebord, *hléborð