 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 432 pages
...continuation of the keel, and ferve to conneft and inclofe the extremities of the fides by tranfoms ; аз the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. The keel is generally compofed of feveral thick pieces placed lengthways, which, after being fcarfed together, are bolted,... | |
 | J. J. Moore - English language - 1805 - 300 pages
...in some measure a continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and enclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, as the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. False KEEL a strong thick piece of timber bolted to the bottom of the keel, which is very useful in... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, at the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. The...together, are bolted and clinched upon the upper side. KEEL /Mutiny, a punishment inflicted for various offences in the Dutch navy. It is performed by suspending... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 734 pages
...continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, ач the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. The...together, are bolted and clinched upon the upper side. KEEL hauling, a punishment iuflicted for various offences in the Dutch navy. It is performed by suspending... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 458 pages
...since the stem and stern are continuations, which serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides, by transoms, as the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. Keel, in naval architecture, the name of a low, flat bottomed boat, used ou the river Tyne, to bring... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...since the stem and stern are continuations, which serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides, by transoms, as the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. Keel, in naval architecture, the name of a low, flat hottomed boat, used on the river Tyne, to bring... | |
 | John Campbell - Great Britain - 1817 - 562 pages
...in some measure, a continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and enclose the extremities of the sides by transoms; as the keel forms and unites the bottom by timbers. KEEL-HAULING, a punishment inflicted for various offences in the Dutch navy. It is performed by plunging... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 408 pages
...in some measure, a continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, as the keel forms and unites the...together, are bolted and clinched upon the upper side. KEEL hauling; a punishment inflicted for various offences in the Dutch navy. It is performed by suspending... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...in seme measure, a continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and inclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, as the keel forms and unites the...together, are. bolted and clinched upon the upper side. KEEL hauling, a punishment inflicted for various offences in the Dutch navy. It is performed by suspending... | |
 | Walter Hamilton (M.R.A.S.) - Science - 1825 - 474 pages
...and dragging the anchor) by the tide, although the wind be contrary. KEEL, FALSE. In Ship-building, a strong thick piece of timber, bolted to the bottom of the real keel, which it is very useful in preserving. KEELS. In Navigation, small vessels that carry coals... | |
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The keel supports and unites the whole fabric, since the stem and stern-posts, which are elevated on its ends, are, in some measure, a continuation of the keel, and serve to connect and enclose the extremities of the sides by transoms, as the keel forms... 
