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

As she did so a large piece of the Frenchman's false keel floated to the surface, whilst she was found to be making two and a half tons of water per hour.

From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.

The sheathing from the bow on that side was torn off, and a great part of the false keel was gone.

From Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries by Kingston, William Henry Giles

She hung on to a reef, and not until she had parted with her false keel would she push on and gain the open.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift

A false keel is added to the bottom of this in order to increase its depth and consequent grip.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry