ˈsaxboard Boat-building.
[Cf. ON. sax (a use of sax = sax n.1) raised prow of a ship.]
(See quots. 1891, 1898.)
| 1857 P. Colquhoun Comp. Oarsman's Guide 28 Above all [the straiks] comes the sax-board. 1891 Winn Boating Man's Vade-m. 60 Saxboard or gunwalestrake, the upper⁓most continuous strake or sideplank in a boat. 1898 Ansted Dict. Sea Terms s.v. Gunwale, The gunwale strake (in open boats the saxboard) is the uppermost strake of a boat. To it the gunwale is fixed. |