noun
- movable boards attached to the sides of a shallow-draft boat that can be lowered into the water to prevent sideways drift
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The Dutch sailing barge used leeboards instead of a traditional keel.
- He lowered the leeboards before tacking into the wind.
- The shallow waters required a boat equipped with leeboards rather than a deep keel.
- Traditional Thames barges are famous for their distinctive leeboards.
- The captain adjusted the leeboards to improve the boat’s tracking.
- Leeboards allow boats to sail in very shallow water where keeled vessels cannot go.