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sliding keel

sliding keel noun: an oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.

Noun

sliding keel (plural sliding keels)

  1. An oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.

Forms of sliding keel

pluralsliding keels

Questions about sliding keel

What does sliding keel mean?
Sliding keel means an oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.
What part of speech is sliding keel?
Sliding keel is a noun.
What is the plural of sliding keel?
The plural of sliding keel is sliding keels.

Words near sliding keel in the dictionary

  1. sliding doors
  2. sliding filament model
  3. sliding filament models
  4. sliding into someone's DMs
  5. sliding into the DMs
  6. sliding keel
  7. sliding keels
  8. sliding off
  9. sliding pond
  10. sliding ponds
  11. sliding scale

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