daggerboard
See also: dagger board
English
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Etymology
[edit]From dagger + board, from its shape.
Noun
[edit]daggerboard (plural daggerboards)
- (nautical) A retractable centreboard that slides out to act as a keel.
- (architecture) One of many decorative boards that form a valance for a canopy, particularly on older railway stations.
- 2024 May 29, Tony Streeter, “Network News: Railway Children charity partners with Rail Live 2024”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 19:
- It will also have examples of its composite canopy daggerboards, which use CNC technology to produce replicas of historic designs - and which have been deployed as modern alternatives to traditional daggerboards in sensitive surroundings such as at Bath Spa.