Freeboard
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Freeboard may refer to:
- Freeboard (nautical)Freeboard (nautical)In sailing and boating, freeboardmeans the distance from the waterline to the upper deck level, measured at the lowest point of sheer where water can enter the boat or ship...
, the height of a ship's deck above the water level. - Freeboard (skateboard)Freeboard (skateboard)A freeboard is kind of specialist skateboard designed to closely simulate the behavior of a snowboard.It has 6 wheels, two spring locked center wheels, and four slightly raised conventional wheels. The central axis wheels are able to turn freely in all directions, which allows the freeboard to...
, a six-wheeled skateboard designed to act like a snowboard. - In civil engineering, the amount of watertight surface between a given level of lake, sea or river water and the lowest possible entry point during flooding or large waves.
- The height of an ice floe above the water surface.