freeboard

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== freeboard (plural freeboards) (nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel. The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam). The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level. ===== Derived terms ===== freeboard deck ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement. ==== Noun ==== freeboard (plural freeboards) A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies. ===== Hypernyms ===== skateboard ===== Coordinate terms ===== snowboard skateboard ===== Related terms ===== skateboard longboard === See also === street luge roller ski inline skate === References === Freeboard (skateboard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Freeboard (nautical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Sea ice thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === reforbade