Definitions
A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
Word origin
From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.
Used in a sentence
“[…] 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.'”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Drift fin”8 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
L_______