leeboard
Meanings
Plural: leeboards
Noun
- A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
- Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.
Scrabble Score: 11
leeboard is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordleeboard is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
leeboard is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
leeboard is a valid Words With Friends word