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keel
  1. (nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
  2. (nautical) Sometimes, a rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
  3. (aeronautics) In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
  4. (nautical) A type of flat-bottomed boat.
  5. A material similar to chalk or crayon used to mark pavement.
  6. (zoology) The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
  7. (botany) The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
  8. A brewer's cooling vat.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “There was a low scraping sound as the keel of the vessel started the drag against the sandy bottom.”
      “The keel of the ship was reinforced to ensure stability during its voyage across the ocean.”
keeler
  1. (historical) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.
  2. A small or shallow tub.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “A long keeler usually withstands the actual impact better, if you fail to avoid hitting the rocks.”
      “The version used today, designed in the 1920s by Leonarde Keeler, records respiration as well as sweat gland and cardiovascular activity.”
      “What's incontestable is that Keeler said a mouthful, a precept that's as valid as when it left his lips more than a century ago.”
keelback
  1. Any of various colubrid snakes of the subfamily Natricinae, whose dorsal scales exhibit strong keeling.
  2. Examples:
    1. “We recommend that the red-necked keelback be considered a dangerous animal and the public be discouraged from keeping it as a pet.”
      “A few Southeast Asian keelbacks species, such as the red-necked keelback were documented to have caused significant envenomations.”
      “The narrow bands of speckled scales which adorn the body and tail are also a typical keelback pattern.”
keelboat
  1. (sailing) Any sailboat having a keel (as opposed to a centerboard or daggerboard).
  2. Examples:
    1. “This journey entailed a keelboat to Cincinnati, then to Louisville, Kentucky, and Shawnee Town, Illinois, and finally by wagon to Saint Louis.”
      “Her daddy was Mike Fink, the keelboat man, who was famous for his daring deeds on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.”
      “We know exactly what was issued and left on the keelboat with the expedition.”
keelson
  1. (nautical) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There was no central keel in the hull, but a large extruded central keelson was used.”
      “The ribs would have been treated with steam so that they could be bent sharply over the keelson.”
      “One of the main uses we have made of it is for the keelson which required a piece of wood 6.7m in length.”
keelman
  1. (historical) A keeler; one who manages a coal boat.
  2. Synonyms:
keelboater
  1. Someone who travels by keelboat.
kelson
  1. Alternative spelling of keelson
  2. Examples:
    1. “Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson.”
      “In sailing men-of-war the mizen-mast often did not reach to the kelson, but was stepped on the orlop deck.”
      “We sent on our trunk by a wheelbarrow, while we followed, accompanied by Uncle kelson.”
keelhauling
  1. (nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
keeling
keels
keelhaulings
  1. plural of keelhauling
keelboaters
  1. plural of keelboater
keelbacks
  1. plural of keelback
keelboats
  1. plural of keelboat
keelmen
  1. plural of keelman
  2. Synonyms:
keelings
keelsons
  1. plural of keelson
keelers
  1. plural of keeler
  2. Synonyms:
kelsons
  1. plural of kelson
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