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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Example Sentences

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

Tapering wedges of plank used to drive under the false keel, and between the bilge-ways, preparatory to launching a vessel.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

The wife said he had a strong sled with him, an’ the best team o’ dogs in the camp.—Do you think the boat will need a new false keel?

From The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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.

A piece of timber attached to its lower part to render it nearly level with the false keel.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir