- a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- a ship or boat.
- a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
- the constellation Carina.
- a longitudinal ridge, as on a leaf or bone; a carina.
- a projecting molding the profile of which consists of two ogees symmetrically disposed about an arris or fillet.
- to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
- keel over,
- to capsize or overturn.
- to fall as in a faint: Several cadets keeled over from the heat during the parade.
- keelboat.
- the amount of coal carried by one keelboat.
- a measure of coal equivalent to 21 long tons and 4 hundredweight (21.5 metric tons).
- to cool, especially by stirring.
- a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
- one of the main longitudinal structural members of a vessel to which the frames are fastened and that may extend into the water to provide lateral stability
- well-balanced; steady
- any structure corresponding to or resembling the keel of a ship, such as the central member along the bottom of an aircraft fuselage
- a ridgelike part; carina
- a poetic word for ship
- to capsize
- a flat-bottomed vessel, esp one used for carrying coal
- a measure of coal equal to about 21 tons
- red ochre stain used for marking sheep, timber, etc
- to mark with this stain
- an archaic word for cool
- a fatal disease of young ducks, characterized by intestinal bleeding caused by Salmonella bacteria
