freeboard noun. ['fri:bɔ:d] L17.
[formed as FREE adjective + BOARD noun; in sense 1 translating Anglo-Norman franc bord, in Anglo-Latin francum bordum: see FRANK adjective¹, BOARD noun.]
1. Law (now Hist.). The right of claiming a certain portion of land outside the fence of a park or forest; the land thus claimed. L17.

2. Nautical. The height of a ship's side between the water-line and the lowest part of the deck. E18.

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