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drop keel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drop keel1
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences
While diving to the bottom early that morning she struck an obstacle and knocked off her forward drop-keel.
From Project Gutenberg
I wondered whether I could have swum far with a cracked skull: the Moondaisy's iron drop-keel would have sunk her, of course.
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The drop-keel was for the first time placed in a life-boat in 1885.
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