keel
A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to sternA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
» The ship keeled over and capsized.
Das Schiff geriet aus dem Gleichgewicht und kenterte.
Meaning
10 sensesA large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
Kiel
кильkilʹ
A rigid, flat piece of material anchored to the lowest part of the hull of a ship to give it greater control and stability.
Kiel, Schwert
кильkilʹ
In a dirigible, a construction similar in form and use to a ship's keel; in an aeroplane, a fin or fixed surface employed to increase stability and to hold the machine to its course.
(broadly)The rigid bottom part of something else, especially an iceberg.
A type of flat-bottomed boat.
The periphery of a whorl extended to form a more or less flattened plate; a prominent spiral ridge.
The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and enclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina.
лодочкаlodočka, кильkilʹ
The extension of a bird's sternum to which pectoral muscles attach.
A broad, flat vessel used for cooling liquids; a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat.
(Scotland)Red chalk; ruddle.
- one of the main longitudinal beams (or plates) of the hull of a vessel; can extend vertically into the water to provide lateral stability
- the median ridge on the breastbone of birds that fly
- a projection or ridge that suggests a keel
Examples
8 sentencesThe ship keeled over and capsized.
deDas Schiff geriet aus dem Gleichgewicht und kenterte.
Does a long, shallow keel help?
deHilft ein langer, flacher Kiel?
I’m afraid she’ll keel over before she succeeds.
deIch fürchte, sie fällt um, bevor sie Erfolg hat.
The business is back on an even keel.
We need to keep things on an even keel.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of unceFrom Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile.
From Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan (“to cool, to make or become cool”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōlijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōlijaną (“to cool”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian käile, köile (“to cool”), Dutch koelen (“to cool”), German Low German köhlen (“to cool”), German kühlen (“to cool”), Danish køle (“to cool”), Icelandic kæla (“to cool”).
Probably from Scottish Gaelic cìl (“ruddle”).
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