kelson
Britishnoun
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From stem to starn, from top to kelson, The British Fleet is all your own, To-day as in them times of Nelson.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 by
I lay down on the kelson and felt about with my hand on every side.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
The Myrtle trembled from truck to kelson, while from aloft a jumble of splintered spars, cordage, and canvas fell upon the deck like a miniature avalanche.
From The Airship "Golden Hind" by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Numbers climbed up from beneath the kelson; some came from the fore part of the ship, others from aft.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
We bargained, him and I, and here we are: stores, brandy, block-house, the firewood you was thoughtful enough to cut, and, in a manner of speaking, the whole blessed boat, from cross-trees to kelson.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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