leeboard

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee +‎ board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð. === Noun === leeboard (countable and uncountable, plural leeboards) (nautical, countable) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway. (uncommon) Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard). 2010, George Sjouke Riemersma, 'Sa Wie It' (→ISBN), page 85: 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, […] ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === erodable, redoable