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A board used on the lap as a substitute for a table, as by tailors.

The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to Ant: starboard.

A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a vessel to lessen her leeway when closehauled, by giving her greater draught.

A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people.

Light-ship.

Formerly, the largest boat carried by a merchant vessel, corresponding to the launch of a naval vessel.

A flat-bottomed boat with a pointed prow and square stern, using oars or sails or both, used esp. on the upper Great Lakes and their tributaries.

. A kind of boat used on the coast of Madras, India. The planks are sewed together with strands of coir which cross over a wadding of the same material, so that the shock on taking the beach through surf is much reduced. [Written also masula, masulah, etc.]

See Masoola boat.

Same as Masoola boat.

A kind of stout pasteboard.

A follow board.

A narrow board nailed against the wall of a room next to the floor; skirting board; baseboard. See Baseboard.

The board which receives the ends of the steps in a staircase.

vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.

Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

A kind of sauce boat or dish.

See Bargeboard.

A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc.

A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.