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Definition of keel
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Keel (n.) A
brewer's
cooling
vat; a
keelfat.
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Careen
::
Careen
(v. i.) To
incline
to one side, or lie over, as a ship when
sailing
on a wind; to be off the
keel..
Centreboard
::
Centreboard
(n.) A
movable
or
sliding
keel
formed
of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be
raised
into a
water-tight
case
amidships,
when in
shallow
water,
or may be
lowered
to
increase
the area of
lateral
resistance
and
prevent
leeway
when the
vessel
is
beating
to
windward.
It is used in
vessels
of all sizes along the coast of the
United
States.
Gripe
::
Gripe (n.) The piece of
timber
which
terminates
the keel at the fore end; the
forefoot.
Sternsman
::
Sternpost
(n.) A
straight
piece of
timber,
or an iron bar or beam,
erected
on the
extremity
of the keel to
support
the
rudder,
and
receive
the ends of the
planks
or
plates
of the
vessel..
Keel
::
Keel (n.) The two
lowest
petals
of the
corolla
of a
papilionaceous
flower,
united
and
inclosing
the
stamens
and
pistil;
a
carina.
See
Carina..
Water Line
::
Water line () Any one of
certain
lines of a
vessel,
model,
or plan,
parallel
with the
surface
of the water at
various
heights
from the
keel..
Apron
::
Apron (n.) A piece of
carved
timber,
just above the
foremost
end of the
keel..
Keeled
::
Keeled
(a.)
Keel-shaped;
having
a
longitudinal
prominence
on the back; as, a
keeled
leaf..
Keel
::
Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the
bottom.
Keel
::
Keel (n.) A
brewer's
cooling
vat; a
keelfat.
Sloop
::
Sloop (n.) A
vessel
having
one mast and
fore-and-aft
rig,
consisting
of a
boom-and-gaff
mainsail,
jibs,
staysail,
and gaff
topsail.
The
typical
sloop has a fixed
bowsprit,
topmast,
and
standing
rigging,
while those of a
cutter
are
capable
of being
readily
shifted.
The sloop
usually
carries
a
centerboard,
and
depends
for
stability
upon
breadth
of beam
rather
than depth of keel. The two types have
rapidly
approximated
since 1880. One
radical
distinction
is that a slop may carry a
centerboard.
See
Keel
::
Keel (n.) A
longitudinal
timber,
or
series
of
timbers
scarfed
together,
extending
from stem to stern along the
bottom
of a
vessel.
It is the
principal
timber
of the
vessel,
and, by means of the ribs
attached
on each side,
supports
the
vessel's
frame.
In an iron
vessel,
a
combination
of
plates
supplies
the place of the keel of a
wooden
ship. See
Illust.
of
Keelson..
Keelhauling
::
Keelhauling
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Keelhau.
Boatbill
::
Boatbill
(n.) A
wading
bird
(Cancroma
cochlearia)
of the
tropical
parts of South
America.
Its bill is
somewhat
like a boat with the keel
uppermost.
Keelrake
::
Keelrake
(v. t.) Same as
Keelhaul.
Sterna
::
Sternson
(n.) The end of a
ship's
keelson,
to which the
sternpost
is
bolted;
--
called
also stern
knee..
Keelvat
::
Keelvat
(n.) See
Keelfat.
Carina
::
Carina
(n.) The keel of the
breastbone
of
birds.
Keel
::
Keel (n.) A
projecting
ridge along the
middle
of a flat or
curved
surface.
Careen
::
Careen
(v. t.) To cause (a
vessel)
to lean over so that she
floats
on one side,
leaving
the other side out of water and
accessible
for
repairs
below the water line; to case to be off the
keel..
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