- a variation of keelson.
kelson
Britishnoun
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There were the kelson and the stout ribs of the ship, the planking over them, the water-butts on either side, the stout bulkheads.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by William H. C. Groome
Norman's next operation was the laying of his kelson “in dock.”
From Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid
Her hold contained sixteen twenty-four carronades, while her magazine was stocked with abundance of ammunition, and her kelson lined, fore and aft, with round shot and grape.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
Norman’s next operation was the laying of his kelson “in dock.”
From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by William Harvey
She has an iron keel and kelson to resist a bump on rocks, and with four water-tight compartments to limit its effects if once stove in.
From The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by John MacGregor
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