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English
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Etymology 1
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[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.
Derived terms
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[edit]nautical - vertical distance from waterline
distance from water level to top of dam
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Etymology 2
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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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[edit]Freeboard (skateboard) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
