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Definition of Drop keel

1. Noun. A retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Keel

Literary usage of Drop keel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1875)
"But that has really been a centre-board, and not a drop keel as this is—which drop keel, in my opinion, would prevent the vessel coming round in stays with ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The drop-keel was for the first time placed in a life-boat in 1885. Steam was first introduced into a life-boat in 1800» when the Institution, ..."

3. A manual of yacht and boat sailing by Dixon Kemp (1880)
"In the drawing the keel and floors come above the flooring, as the boat's floor is flat, and area of drop keel large; but this of course is not necessary in ..."

4. Down Channel: With Introduction by Dixon Kemp by Richard Turrill McMullen (1893)
"To hold the breeze I had to keep to the chalk ledges so close aboard that the heel of the drop-keel (18 inches below the main keel) occasionally touched the ..."

5. The Submarine Torpedo Boat, Its Characteristics and Modern Development by Allen Hoar (1916)
"Saved by release of drop-keel. i902. Fulton, United States, explosion of battery gases ignited by electric spark. 4 injured. i903. ..."

6. Hearings Beginning March 9, 1908-April 30, 1908 by United States Congress. House. Select committee under House resolution 288. [from old catalog] (1908)
"Right here [indicating] below the center of buoyancy we have what Is called » drop keel. That is like a safety valve to a boiler. Mr. EARLY. ..."

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