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drop keel

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noun Nautical.

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Origin of drop keel

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Historical Examples of drop keel

The drop-keel was for the first time placed in a life-boat in 1885.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5
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