freeboard
See also: free board
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Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
freeboard (plural freeboards)
- (nautical) The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel.
- The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam).
- The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level.
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nautical - vertical distance from waterline
distance from water level to top of dam
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Etymology 2 edit
From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement.
Noun edit
freeboard (plural freeboards)
- 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.
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- Freeboard (skateboard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Freeboard (nautical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Sea ice thickness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia