kelson
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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)
The first plank of the ceiling next the kelson; the limber-strake.
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
After this I turned round and crawled to the other end along the kelson, but was stopped by a strong bulkhead.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
Peter pushed its point completely clear of the boat, but the next instant the water poured in with redoubled violence, a phosphorescent waterspout rising a good eight or ten inches above the kelson.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
“Everything from truck to kelson, I may say, is under his charge,” he replied consequentially.
From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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