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What (who) is keelson - definition
STRUCTURAL MEMBER IN A WOODEN BOAT/SHIP
Kelson
Keelson
·noun 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.
keelson
['ki:ls(?)n]
(also kelson)
¦ noun a structure running the length of a ship, that fastens the timbers or plates of the floor to the keel.
Origin
ME kelswayn, related to Low Ger. kielswin, from kiel 'keel of a ship' + swin 'swine' (used as the name of a timber).
Keelson
The keelson or kelson is a reinforcing structural member on top of the keel in the hull of a wooden vessel.
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Keelson
The keelson or kelson is a reinforcing structural member on top of the keel in the hull of a wooden vessel.
In part V of “Song of Myself”, American poet Walt Whitman uses the phrase: “And that a kelson of the creation is love;” to imply that love is akin to a keelson, or backbone, that supports humanity.
Examples of use of keelson
1. When you are caught with narcotics, the law will deal with you and that is what we want society to know," prosecution lawyer Evelyn Keelson said.
2. Lead prosecutor Evelyn Keelson declined to comment, telling reporters only: "We are done for the day" when he left the court in Accra.