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

Shortly after, another of great size, supposed to have been the dam of the one just killed, came against the ship with such violence as to tear away part of the false keel.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

The keel is of American elm, and the false keel is one piece of cast-iron, two and a half inches in width, by four and a half in depth, weighing nine hundredweight.

From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The false keel is only fastened to the keel itself from underneath, because such a fastening is strong enough to resist water pressure and weak enough to allow of detachment in case of grounding.

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

Her sheathing-boards and false keel also floated up.

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