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1Keel Mountain — is a mesa in Madison and Jackson Counties in Alabama. It is associated with the Cumberland Plateau, from which it is separated by the valley of the Paint Rock River.Legend of Lost Gold of Keel MountainKeel Mountain has a legend stretching all the …
2Keel — 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… …
3Keel 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… …
4Keel 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… …
5keel — 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 …
6keel — ► NOUN ▪ a lengthwise structure along the base of a ship, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability. ► VERB (keel over) 1) (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize. 2) informal fall over; collapse. ORIGIN Old… …
7Keel — 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… …
8keel — keel1 keeled, adj. /keel/, n. 1. Naut. a central fore and aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from… …
9keel — I. /kil / (say keel) noun 1. the main longitudinal structural member of a ship s hull, to which the frames are fastened and which lies in the middle of the bottom of the hull and runs along the whole length; the keel may project somewhat from the …
10keel — I [[t]kil[/t]] n. 1) naut. navig. a central fore and aft structural member in the bottom of a ship s hull extending from the stem to the sternpost 2) a ship; boat 3) a part corresponding to a ship s keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible …
