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keelless

[keel-lis]

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adjective

having no keel, as a ship.

Origin of keelless

First recorded in 1875–80; keel¹ + -less

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for keelless

Historical Examples of keelless

Their performances will be found under the description of the first keelless eight.
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
Just a similar sort of prejudice was displayed against the earlier style of rowing in keelless boats.
Boating
W. B. Woodgate
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