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Keelson

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Noun
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keel=son

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Keelson has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

Keelsonn. [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. ].
     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.  [1913 Webster]
Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Keelson, n. (also kelson) a line of timber fastening a ship's floor-timbers to its keel.

Etymology
ME kelswayn, perh. f. LG kielswin f. kiel KEEL(1) + (prob.) swin SWINE used as the name of a timber
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