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trunk (maritime)
The tall, narrow, waterproof box that houses a vessel's centerboard and allows it to be retracted into the ship's hull.
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[Source: "Glossary." Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/)]