The trailboards are a pair of boards that may be found at the
bow of certain sailing vessels, where they run from the
figurehead
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or
billethead back to or towards the
hawsepipe. They are in the main decorative, though they often bear the name of the ship; they vary in decoration styles.
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Shipbuilding
Sailboat components
Sailing ship components
Nautical terminology
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