1) Beam 2) Ship-strengthening timber
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lengthwise wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress
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lengthwise wooden or steel beam in ship for bearing stress
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Timber(s) bolted on top of the keel, or the frames above the keel, to reinforce it.
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• (n.) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.
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A beam attached to the keel on a wooden boat to add strength.
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Keel'son noun [ Akin to Swedish
kölsvin , Danish
kjölsviin , German
kielschwein ; apparently compounded of the words
keel and
swine ; but confer Norweg.
kjölsvill , where
svill is akin to English
sill ,
noun ]
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In wooden shipbuilding, a keelson is a piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel.
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A structural member above and parallel to the keel.
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n] - a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it
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[Treasure Island] a longitudinal beam or set of timbers fastened inside the hull of a ship along the keel to add structural strength.
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noun a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it
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any of various fore-and-aft structural members lying above or parallel to the keel in the bottom of a hull.
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