KEELSON


Meaning of KEELSON in English

n. (also kelson) a line of timber fastening a ship's floor-timbers to its keel.

[ ME kelswayn, perh. f. LG kielswin f. kiel KEEL(1) + (prob.) swin SWINE used as the name of a timber ]

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