(intransitive, followed by "over") to collapse, to fall || To traverse with a keel; to navigate. || To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
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1.A structure running the length of a ship and fastening the timbers or plates of the floor to its keel.
‘When we found she could sail in stronger winds, we fitted a stronger mast and rigging and, later, a _keelson_ , an internal timber spanning three frames.’
‘The ribs would have been treated with steam so that they could be bent sharply over the _keelson_ .’
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‘When we found she could sail in stronger winds, we fitted a stronger mast and rigging and, later, a _keelson_ , an internal timber spanning three frames.’
