daggerboard

daggerboard
/dag"euhr bawrd', -bohrd'/, n. Naut.
a removable board on a small sailboat, typically of small dimension fore and aft, lowered into the water through a trunk to serve as a keel. Cf. centerboard.
[DAGGER + BOARD]

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