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keelless

[ keel-lis ]

/ ˈkil lɪs /

adjective

having no keel, as a ship.

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Origin of keelless

First recorded in 1875–80; keel¹ + -less

Words nearby keelless

Keeler, Keeley, keelhaul, keelie, Keeling Islands, keelless, keel over, keelson, Keelung, keel vessel, keen

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Example sentences from the Web for keelless

Their performances will be found under the description of the first keelless eight.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate
From that time the keelless racing boat has held its own, fours and pairs and sculling boats all following suit.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
Two very usual club rules are, that juniors shall not begin by racing in keelless crank boats, but in steady ‘tub’-built craft.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate
We well recollect the sensation produced by the first keelless eight, that of Chester, in 1856.
Boating|W. B. Woodgate

Before we got there, though, there was an upheaval in the water just ahead, and up came a back like a keelless ship bottom up.
The Cruise of the Cachalot|Frank T. Bullen

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