leeboard

/lee-bawrd, -bohrd/US // ˈliˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd //UK // (ˈliːˌbɔːd) //

杠杆,杠杆率,杠杆式的

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Nautical.
- : either of two broad, flat objects attached to the sides of a sailing ship amidships, the one on the lee side being lowered into the water to prevent the ship from making leeway.

In rough water a centreboard must strain a boat more than a leeboard does.
The pleasure of sailing was thus denied to me for several years afterwards, and all through my ignorance of the leeboard.
As she heels to port she lifts her gleaming side and trails her free leeboard as a bird might stretch a tired wing.
The leeboard, like a centre board, is of course intended to keep the canoe from sliding off when trying to beat up into the wind.
The leeboard is a necessary attachment to the sailing outfit.