kelson
Britishnoun
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Norman’s next operation was the laying of his kelson “in dock.”
From The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North by Harvey, William
The bottom of a vessel on each side of the kelson; but strictly taken, it is only so much of her bottom as she rests upon when aground.
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
Those which support the hold-beams amidships, and rest on the kelson.
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
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
Norman's next operation was the laying of his kelson “in dock.”
From Popular Adventure Tales by Reid, Mayne
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