Word Meaning

keel definition and meaning

v. t. & i. To cool; to skim or stir.
n. A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
n. A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson.
n. Fig.: The whole ship.
n. A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt.
n. The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina.
n. A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface.
v. i. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
v. i. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.

Crossword clues for keel

- Bottom of boat
- Centreboard on a boat
- Hull support
- part of a ship
- Part of a ship’s hull
- Part of a yacht
- Turn turtle