keels

The knotted elbows of the branches recall the keels of sturdy merchantmen of bygone days.

The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Ellsworth Huntington 1911

Formerly coals used to be put on board vessels from the oval boats I have before mentioned, called keels, of which a considerable number are still employed.

A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The chicks, known as "keels," resemble young quail.

5 Chicken 1991

You see how these "keels" are developed and the nut has also become more pointed.

Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920

This ship was not unlike the great dirigibles of the Twentieth Century in shape, except that it had no suspended control car nor gondolas, no propellers, and no rudders, aside from a permanently fixed double-fishtail stabilizer at the rear, and a number of "keels" so arranged as to make the most of the repeller ray airlift columns.

The Airlords of Han Philip Francis Nowlan 1914

These were the boatmen of the Mississippi, who with incredible fatigue forced their "keels" with poles against the current, working against the stream with the cargoes entrusted to their care by the merchants of New Orleans, labouring for many months before they arrive at their destination, and returning with the rapid current in as many days as it required weeks for them to ascend.

Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820

If they add keels to their snowboards, at least they could surf down the watercourses.

Think Progress » After warmest January in history, Vancouver airlifts in snow for Winter Olympics. 2010

He has never been partial to the supports that, like the legs of daddy longlegs spiders, angle out from lower decks to hold them upright while their keels rest on the forest floor, but there was no better way to park a sharp-keeled ship on land.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Channeling Characters 2009

Water-keel models work best, but weighted keels can be customized by popping the end cap, dumping the sand, and cutting off the front edge.

Make Swimming Duck Decoys By Adding A Keel 2009

“Well, things like retractable keels so you can sail in three feet of water, and retractable masts so you can sail beneath bridges.”

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011