Home › Words › L › leeboardleeboardleeboard means A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.EtymologyFrom Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.nounA board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.e.g.“[…] 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 […]” — 1909, Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder, page 24:Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).e.g.“Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed.” — 1896, Albert Scheible, “The Need of Uniform Voltage”, in The Electrical Trade, page 5:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bilgeboard 66% match — A lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard. vs leeboard →centreboard 64% match — The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind. vs leeboard →larboard 63% match — The left side of a ship, looking from the stern forward to the bow; port side. vs leeboard →eelboat 62% match — A boat used for eeling (catching eels). vs leeboard →alee 62% match — On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather) vs leeboard →laveer 58% match — To beat against the wind; to tack. vs leeboard →driftage 58% match — Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway. vs leeboard →logboard 57% match — A board on a vessel displaying the current portion of the log, to be transcribed later into the logbook. vs leeboard →