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fin keel

noun

, Nautical.
  1. a finlike projection extending downward from the keel of a sailboat, serving to prevent lateral motion and acting as additional ballast.


fin keel

noun

  1. a projection from the keel of a vessel to give it additional stability
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Since then a succeeding owner has reverted to a sort of heavy fin-keel, but the boat has not done so well in racing as formerly.

The shark-bodied cutter, with her fin-keel below and her balloon above, was indeed now moving toward a position above the cruiser.

Her fin keel struck bottom, and her main topmast lurched and shivered as if about to come down upon our heads.

The deep fin-keel of the yawl barred him from crossing the shoals at the river mouth except on a twelve-foot tide.

The feature this year was the birth of the heavy lead fin-keel.

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