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sliding keels

sliding keels is the plural of sliding keel.

Meaning of sliding keel

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.

Questions about sliding keels

What is sliding keels the plural of?
Sliding keels is the plural of sliding keel.

Words near sliding keels in the dictionary

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

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