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Stem-winder :: Stemson (n.) A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow..

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel..

Square :: Square (n.) To place at right angles with the keel; as, to square the yards..

Back :: Back (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship.

Rider :: Rider (n.) An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame..

Keeler :: Keeler (n.) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel; -- called also keelman.

Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..

Sterna :: Sternson (n.) The end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted; -- called also stern knee..

Bicarinate :: Bicarinate (a.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses..

Keel :: Keel (n.) Fig.: The whole ship.

Keelson :: Keelson (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship..

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.

Keelhaul :: Keelhaul (v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies..

Skeelgoose :: Skeelgoose (n.) The common European sheldrake.

Lophosteon :: Lophosteon (n.) The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

Keeled :: Keeled (a.) Keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf..

Men :: men (pl. ) of Keelma.

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..

Keels :: Keels (n. pl.) Ninepins. See Kayles.

Keelfat :: Keelfat (n.) A cooler; a vat for cooling wort, etc..

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