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keelson
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
KEELSON
n.kel'son. A piece of timber in a ship, laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, fastened with long bolts and clinched, and thus binding the floor timbers to the keel.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
KEELSON
Keel "son, n. Etym: [Akin to Sw. kölsvin, Dan. kjölsviin, G.kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel and swine; but cf. Norweg. kjölsvill, where svill is akin to E. sill, n. ] (Shipbuilding )
Defn: 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. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
New American Oxford Dictionary
keelson
keel son |ˈkēlsən ˈkilsən |(also kelson ) ▶noun a centerline structure running the length of a ship and fastening the transverse members of the floor to the keel below. ORIGIN Middle English kelswayn, related to Low German kielswīn, from kiel ‘keel of a ship ’ + swīn ‘swine ’ (used as the name of a timber ).
Oxford Dictionary
keelson
keelson |ˈkiːls (ə )n |(also kelson ) ▶noun a structure running the length of a ship and fastening the timbers or plates of the floor to its keel. ORIGIN Middle English kelswayn, related to Low German kielswīn, from kiel ‘keel of a ship ’ + swīn ‘swine ’ (used as the name of a timber ).
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