keel
noun
[ kiːl ]
• the lengthwise timber or steel structure along the base of a ship, supporting the framework of the whole, in some vessels extended downwards as a ridge to increase stability.
• a ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the carina.
• a prow-shaped pair of petals present in flowers of the pea family.
keel
verb
• (of a boat or ship) turn over on its side; capsize.
• "it's going to take more wind to make this boat keel over"
Similar:
capsize,
turn turtle,
turn upside down,
turn topsy-turvy,
founder,
list,
heel over,
lean over,
overbalance,
topple over,
overturn,
turn over,
tip over,
fall over,
cowp,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse kjǫlr, of Germanic origin.
keel
noun
• a flat-bottomed boat of a kind formerly used on the Tyne and Wear Rivers for loading ships carrying coal.
Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Low German kēl, Middle Dutch kiel ‘ship, boat’.
