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Definition of keel
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Keel (n.) A
projecting
ridge along the
middle
of a flat or
curved
surface.
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Skag
::
Skag (n.) An
additional
piece
fastened
to the keel of a boat to
prevent
lateral
motion.
See Skeg.
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..
Skeelgoose
::
Skeelgoose
(n.) The
common
European
sheldrake.
Keeler
::
Keeler
(n.) One
employed
in
managing
a
Newcastle
keel; --
called
also
keelman.
Skeel
::
Skeel (n.) A
shallow
wooden
vessel
for
holding
milk or
cream.
Gripe
::
Gripe (n.) The piece of
timber
which
terminates
the keel at the fore end; the
forefoot.
Keel
::
Keel (n.) A
projecting
ridge along the
middle
of a flat or
curved
surface.
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..
Keel
::
Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.
Floor
::
Floor (n.) That part of the
bottom
of a
vessel
on each side of the
keelson
which is most
nearly
horizontal.
Back
::
Back (n.) The keel and
keelson
of a ship.
Keel
::
Keel (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the
bottom.
Stem
::
Stem (n.) A
curved
piece of
timber
to which the two sides of a ship are
united
at the fore end. The lower end of it is
scarfed
to the keel, and the
bowsprit
rests upon its upper end.
Hence,
the
forward
part of a
vessel;
the bow..
Keelhauled
::
Keelhauled
(imp. & p. p.) of
Keelhau.
Keeled
::
Keeled
(imp. & p. p.) of Kee.
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..
Garboard
::
Garboard
(n.) One of the
planks
next the keel on the
outside,
which form a
garboard
strake..
Rake
::
Rake (n.) the
inclination
of a mast or
funnel,
or, in
general,
of any part of a
vessel
not
perpendicular
to the
keel..
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
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..
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