keels
Ships' structural foundations
Keels is the plural of keel, the structural backbone running along the bottom of a boat or ship.
A vessel's keel provides stability and prevents sideways drift.
To keel over is to capsize or, for a person, to collapse suddenly: He keeled over from heat exhaustion.
On an even keel means steady and balanced.
Outer covering or frame
- sailboatWind-propelled watercraft
- yachtLarge pleasure vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
sloop · ketch · dinghy · centerboard · ballast · bilge · draft · rudder
Steadiness or amount owed
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- equilibriumState of balance
- ballastShip stability material
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
stabilization · level · trim · righting · grounded · anchored · centered · poise
hull
Outer covering or frame
catamaran · sloop · ketch · dinghy · centerboard · ballast · bilge · draft · rudder · bow
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- steadyFixed, not fluctuating
- equilibriumState of balance
- ballastShip stability material
counterweight · stabilization · level · trim · righting · grounded · anchored · centered · poise · steadfast
- ship designship design, deck plans, stability, buoyancy, ship construction
- maritimeships, ship, boat, boats, anchors
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- shipbuildingshipyards, shipyard, dockyards, dockyard, hull
- Yachtingyacht racing, yacht clubs, regattas, sailboats, sailing vessels
- ancient seafaringships, galley, bireme, navigation, mariners
keelsmasts
Upright ship poles
rigging · sails · superstructure · deck · crow's nest
- keel overSuddenly fall unconscious
- even keelState of calm stability
- keeled overCollapsed suddenly, often unconscious
- keeling overFalling over suddenly
- on an even keel
- keel haulingNautical corporal punishment