Definitions for keeled
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
keelkil(n.)
a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a ship's hull extending from the stem to the sternpost.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a ship; boat.
a part corresponding to a ship's keel in some other structure, as in a dirigible balloon.
(cap.) the constellation Carina.
Category: Astronomy
Category: Botany, Zoology
Ref: carina 1
(v.i.)to turn or upset so as to bring the wrong side or part uppermost.
keel over, to capsize or overturn. to fall in or as if in a faint.
Category: Verb Phrase
Idioms for keel:
on an even keel,in a steady, stable, or calm state.
Category: Idiom
Origin of keel:
1325–75; ME kele < ON kjǫlr
keeled(adj.)
keel*kil(n.)
a flat-bottomed barge, used to carry coal.
Category: British, Navy
* Brit. Dial..
Origin of keel:
1375–1425; late ME kele < MD kiel ship; c. OE cēol ship, OS kiol
Princeton's WordNet
ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled(adj)
having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
"a carinate sepal"
Wiktionary
keeled(Adjective)
Furnished with a keel, especially a keel of a specified type
It was a deep-keeled yacht.
Webster Dictionary
Keeled(u)
of Keel
Keeled(adj)
keel-shaped; having a longitudinal prominence on the back; as, a keeled leaf
Keeled(adj)
having a median ridge; carinate; as, a keeled scale
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