keelson
/ˈkiːls(ə)n
/(also kelson)
noun
A structure running the length of a ship and fastening the timbers or plates of the floor to its keel.When we found she could sail in stronger winds, we fitted a stronger mast and rigging and, later, a keelson, an internal timber spanning three frames....
- One of the main uses we have made of it is for the keelson which required a piece of wood 6.7m in length.
- ‘A few short ribs at the bow and stern will be fitted later when the new keelson is in place,’ said John Steer, one of the committee members.
Origin
Middle English kelswayn, related to Low German kielswīn, from kiel 'keel of a ship' + swīn 'swine' (used as the name of a timber).
Rhymes
- governmentalization
- governmentally
- government and binding
- government billet
- government bond
- government bore
- government cheese
- government contractor
- government corporation
- government employee
- governmentese
- government-funded
- Government-General
- government handout
- Government House
- government issue
- government man
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- government official
- government paper
- government securities
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- government surplus