keelson
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of keelson
1605–15; < Low German kielswin literally, “keel swine” (sense relation obscure) < Scandinavian; compare Dutch kolsvijn, Danish kølsvin, Swedish kölsvin
Example Sentences
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Keel, keelson, longitudinals and inner and outer bottoms, were of a weight, size and thickness exceeding those of any previous ship.
From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2012
Alarm gongs clanged violently from lookout to keelson; bugles sounded to-your-stations.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if the French and Spanish navies were rotten to their garboard strakes, Pope makes clear that the British was rotten to its keelson.
From Time Magazine Archive
They came down, two of the overseers did, and searched my hut fore and aft, from deck to keelson; but, of course, they didn’t find it, for the simple reason that I hadn’t took it.
From The Voyage of the Aurora by Collingwood, Harry
The keelson was snapped, the vertebral column of the skeleton was broken.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
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