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bilge-keel
bilge-keel (ˈbɪldʒ-kiːl) See quot. 1850.c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 97 Bilge-Keels, the pieces of timber fastened under the bilge of boats or other vessels, to keep them upright when on shore, or to prevent them falling to leeward when sailing. 1884 E. Fishbourne in Pall Mall G. 23 Sept. 2/2 A larg... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bilge keel
A bilge keel is a nautical device used to reduce a ship's tendency to roll. Bilge keels are employed in pairs (one for each side of the ship). A ship may have more than one bilge keel per side, but this is rare. Bilge keels increase hydrodynamic resistance to rolling, making the ship roll less. Bilg... wikipedia.org
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bilge
▪ I. bilge, n. (bɪldʒ) Also 7–8 bildge, billage. [Prob. a corruption of bulge, ad. OF. boulge = mod.F. bouge, shown not only by the occurrence of bulge and bulch as synonyms of bilge, but also by the fact that bouge in F. still means ‘bilge’ both with reference to a cask and to a ship. Billage must ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Shane Acton
Without any sailing experience, he departed in a used 18' 4" bilge-keel sailing boat for which he paid the modest sum of £400. wikipedia.org
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drift
▪ I. drift, n. (drɪft) [Early ME. drift (not recorded in OE.) corresp. to OFris. drift (in ur-drift), MDu., Du. drift, MHG. trift, G. trift passage for cattle, drove, ON. drift snow-drift, (Sw., Da. drift); verbal abstract from dr{iacu}fan to drive.] I. The action of driving, etc. 1. a. The act of d... Oxford English Dictionary
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keel
▪ I. keel, n.1 (kiːl) Forms: 4–6 kele, (4 kelle, 5 keole, 6 kyele, kile), 6–7 keele, Sc. keill, 7– keel. [prob. a. ON. kjǫl-r (Da. kj{obar}l, Sw. köl):—*kelu-z; not connected with Du. and G. kiel (keel n.2). F. quille, in a Rouen document of 1382 (Hartz.-Darm.) was prob. also from ON.; Sp. quilla, I... Oxford English Dictionary
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