false keel

British  

noun

1. an extension to the keel of a vessel either for protecting the keel from damage or for reducing leeway

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false keel

Decades of exposure to seawater had corroded the pin at the area where it connected the keel to a protective timber known as the false keel.

From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2010

So I think if we give the smallest canoe—for that one seems the handiest—a good keelson, bolt a false keel into it, and provide her with some stout timbers and stringers, she'll answer our purpose.

From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

The first task was to fix on a false keel, about half a foot in depth, to enable the boat to sail closer to the wind than she would otherwise have been able to do.

From The Three Admirals by J.R. Wells

Her sheathing-boards and false keel also floated up.

From Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold by William Henry Giles Kingston

When it was finished a false keel six inches in depth in the centre, tapering away to nothing at the ends, was fixed underneath.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Walter Paget

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