Definition of "leeboard" in Anglais

noun

1. (nautical, countable) A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.

2. (uncommon) Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).

   • 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, […]