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• flat keel — noun : a ship s keel consisting of a heavy strake of plating stiffened by an upright vertical keel called also flat plate keel …   Useful english dictionary

• flat — [1] When a battery has completely discharged, so that it cannot turn over the engine then the battery is said to be flat. [2] To be completely deflated, especially as the result of a puncture or a leaky valve. See flat tire. [3] A flat tire. [4]… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• flat-plate keel — noun Britain : flat keel …   Useful english dictionary

• Keel — Keel, n. [Cf. AS. ce[ o]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[=o]ll, and perh. to Gr. gay^los a round built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo s bucket; cf. Skr. g[=o]la ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Keel boat — Keel Keel, n. [Cf. AS. ce[ o]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[=o]ll, and perh. to Gr. gay^los a round built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo s bucket; cf. Skr. g[=o]la ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Keel piece — Keel Keel, n. [Cf. AS. ce[ o]l ship; akin to D. & G. kiel keel, OHG. chiol ship, Icel. kj[=o]ll, and perh. to Gr. gay^los a round built Ph[oe]nician merchant vessel, gaylo s bucket; cf. Skr. g[=o]la ball, round water vessel. But the meaning of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Keel (disambiguation) — Keel may be:* Keel, the central beam of the hull of a boat * Keel (bird), a perpendicular extension of a bird s breastbone, to which wing muscles anchor * Keel (slug) is a morphological feature on the back of some land slugs which resembles the… …   Wikipedia

• keel — keel1 [kēl] n. [ME kele < ON kjǫlr < Gmc * kelu < IE base * gel , to swallow > L gula, throat] 1. the chief timber or steel piece extending along the entire length of the bottom of a boat or ship and supporting the frame: it sometimes …   English World dictionary

• Flat — Flat, n. 1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. [1913 Webster] Envy is as the sunbeams that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Keel — In boats and ships, keel can refer to either of two parts: a structural element, or a hydrodynamic element. These parts overlap. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in construction of a ship, the construction is dated from this… …   Wikipedia

• keel — {{11}}keel (n.) lowest timber of a ship or boat, mid 14c., probably from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. kjölr keel, Dan. kjèl, Swed. köl, from P.Gmc. *keluz, of uncertain origin. Some etymologists say this is unconnected with the keel that means …   Etymology dictionary