Crossword clues for keelson
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Keelson \Keel"son\, n. [Akin to Sw. k["o]lsvin, Dan. kj["o]lsviin, G. kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel and swine; but cf. Norweg. kj["o]lsvill, where svill is akin to E. sill, n. ] (Shipbuilding) 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.
Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also kelson, 1620s, altered (by influence of keel (n.)) from Middle English kelsyng (late 13c.), which probably is of Scandinavian origin (compare Swedish kölsvin, Danish and Norwegian kjølsvin, from root of Old Norse kjölr; see keel (n.)) + swin "swine," used of timber (see swine). Or else from a similar Low German source.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A longitudinal beam fastened on top of the keel of a vessel for strength and stiffness.
WordNet
n. a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it
Usage examples of "keelson".
He poked into every accessible part of the ship, from cutwater to counter, from keelson to pantry shelves.
After that second blow, the Sybarite remained at a standstill, but the continued beating of her engines caused her to quiver painfully from trucks to keelson, as if in agonies of death such as those which had marked the end of Popinot.
I heard her captain crying over her broken keelson when the muddleheaded fool came limping into harbor a month ago.
The ribs of the schooner curled up from the keelson like the skeleton of some sleek sea beast cast ashore, embraced by the cradle that held them in place while the frame was spiked and treenailed together.