border vs freeboard

border

noun
  • The outer edge of something. 

  • A string that is both a prefix and a suffix of another particular string. 

  • A strip of ground in which ornamental plants are grown. 

  • border morris or border dancing; a vigorous style of traditional English dance originating from villages along the border between England and Wales, performed by a team of dancers usually with their faces disguised with black makeup. 

  • The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. 

  • A decorative strip around the edge of something. 

verb
  • To approach; to come near to; to verge (with on or upon). 

  • To put a border on something. 

  • To form a border around; to bound. 

  • To touch at a border (with on, upon, or with). 

  • To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of. 

freeboard

noun
  • The vertical distance between the waterline and the uppermost watertight deck of a vessel. 

  • The distance between a water level and the top of something that contains or restrains it (such as a dam). 

  • The distance between the top of sea ice and the water level. 

  • A type of skateboard which simulates the movement of a snowboard when used on a downhill coarse, allowing snowboarding techniques, which has an addition of two centerline casters that extend below the traditional skateboard wheels and bogies. 

How often have the words border and freeboard occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )