Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who works on a barge or keel.

  2. (historical)One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.

  3. (archaic)A small or shallow tub.

    a keeler of water/butter/eggs

Origin

From Middle English keler, equivalent to keel (noun) + -er. From Middle English kelere, k

From Middle English keler, equivalent to keel (noun) + -er.

From Middle English kelere, kelare (“a vessel for cooling liquids, a tub”, literally “a cooler”), equivalent to keel (“to cool”) + -er.

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Forms

plural: keelers
Singularkeeler
Pluralkeelers

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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