Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A thin, oblong frame or platform let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel (almost always a small vessel), and constituting practically a deepening of the keel throughout a part of the vessel's length.
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Examples
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'Built on the sliding-keel principle, you understand, miss -- and red below her water-line, if you noticed.
The Hand of Ethelberta Thomas Hardy 1884
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‘Built on the sliding-keel principle, you understand, miss — and red below her water-line, if you noticed.
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