KEEL

PRONUNCIATION: (keel)

MEANING: noun: 1. The beam along the length of the base of a ship or boat on which the frame is built.
2. A fin-like structure on the bottom of a hull, improving stability.
verb tr., intr.: To capsize, collapse, or fall.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old Norse kjölr. Earliest documented use 1532. See also keelhaul.
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KEEL - the eleventh and twelfth letters of the Roman alphabet

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