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

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 Paget, Walter

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

Friday, 22d.—The carpenters employed putting a false keel to long boat and caulking her.

From The Wreck on the Andamans by Darvall, Joseph

Those of copper used for 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