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The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel, or the vertical distance from the waterline up to the top of the gunwale (of an open boat).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- By the time the whole team and all its equipment were loaded on board, there wasn't much freeboard anymore, and if the weather had been worse we might have had to postpone the trip.
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The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: skateboard, board
From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
francbord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Danish:
fribord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Danish:
dækshøjde
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Dutch:
vrijboord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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French:
franc-bord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Galician:
francobordo
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Italian:
bordo libero
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fribord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fribord
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Portuguese:
bordo livre
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Portuguese:
borda livre
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Spanish:
borda libre
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Spanish:
francobordo
— nautical - vertical distance from waterline
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Dutch:
waakhoogte
— distance from water level to top of dam
