freeboard
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freeboard noun
- 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.
freeboard noun
- 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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vesselclearancecontrastfreeboard deckfree boardoverheadbetween deckswater levelbulkheadgangboardabovedeckspar deckhalfdeckweather deckbulkhead linedeckload
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