Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, same as
center-board .
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Examples
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I wondered whether I could have swum far with a cracked skull: the _Moondaisy_'s iron drop-keel would have sunk her, of course.
A Poor Man's House Stephen Sydney Reynolds 1900
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a drop-keel or lee-boards, so that shallow creeks may be readily entered.
Life and sport in China Second Edition Oliver George Ready
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