LekhoriLekhoriA board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway.
[…] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […]
Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard).
Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed.
From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð.
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