| The elm used for the garboard was for greater rot resistance and the fact that elm is very tough wood. |
| I snubbed garboard, twitted Oxley and played the very dickens with the flagship's midshipmen. |
| However, it is normal practice to caulk the garboard strake and the hood ends with cotton caulking, or oakum in heavier work, and seal it over with a filling compound. |
| When dry, the completed garboard was removed from the building frame and the scarphed joins sanded smooth. |
| Sailboats are some times fitted with a garboard drain plug to serve the same function when wintering ashore. |
| This tongue forms a very solid backing for the garboard strakes and is pierced with holes in pairs as shown from side to side. |
