bulb keel


nounNautical.
  1. a narrow keel having a swelling weight of lead or iron at the bottom.

Origin of bulb keel

1
First recorded in 1890–95

Words Nearby bulb keel

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How to use bulb keel in a sentence

  • She has a ram bow, long counter, and fin-bulb keel, with narrow beam and sides that tumble home above the water-line.

    Yachting Vol. 1 | Various.