Definitions For Freeboard

Etymology 1

Noun

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

freeboard deck

Translations

Danish: fribord, n, dækshøjde, c Norwegian: : Bokmål: fribord, n : Nynorsk: fribord, n

Etymology 2

From being a skateboard with an additional degree of freedom of movement (yaw) and some additional rocking (roll) movement.

Noun

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.

Hypernyms

skateboard

Related terms

skateboard longboard

Coordinate terms

snowboard skateboard

See also

street luge roller ski inline skate