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I believe the complete term is "keel over". This sometimes referred to as a knockdown. If the keel turns straight up out of the water, your boat has "turned turtle". If a large wave turns your boat over end-to-end, you have been "pitch-poled". These conditions are usually cause by rogue winds, rogue waves, or lack of attention to the sails and weather conditions. They do not necessarily mean that the boat will sink.
Another take:"Keeling" is a malaprop -- it's not really a word. People often say "keeling" when they mean heeling. When a boat heels, it tilts laterally, with the wind.
The term "keeling over" is something else: it refers to a position when the boat shows its keel; the bottom-most part of the boat, which means it's turned turtle or gone upside down. So "keel over" is a legitimate term; keeling is not.
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What does it mean when a ship is 'laid down'?
When a ship is laid down, that means the first parts of the keel are placed on the slipway (or drydock) where the ship is to be built. Laying down is usually the first step in construction of a ship. When ships were first constructed, keels were actual pieces of wood or metal that ran the length of the ship and that the frames of the ships were fitted to. Keels could be seen on the outside of a ships hull and were easy to identify. Now, the keels are usually between the double bottoms of a ship and are invisible unless viewed from inside a ship double hull.
What are facts about ship structure?
There are 4 different kinds of keels!
What 5 letter word for ship beams ends in eels?
Keels .
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Julie Keels is 5' 8".
How tall is Kevin Keels?
Kevin Keels is 5' 10".
What is the Meaning of keel in English?
On a ship or boat, the keel is the main structure along the bottom on which the rest of the frame is built. It could also mean when a boat keels (capsizes) over. It could also be the ridge on the front of a birds' breastbone.
When was Julie Keels born?
Julie Keels was born on July 14, 1982, in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA.
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What is an synecdoche metaphor?
Synecdoche is when a specific part of something is used to refer to the whole, e.g. "my wheels" for "my car". It is usually understood as a specific kind of metonymy. A simple sentence that displays synecdoche, metaphor, and metonymy is: "Fifty keels ploughed the deep", where "keels" is the synecdoche, as it names the whole (the ship) after a particular part (of the ship); "ploughed" is the metaphor, as it substitutes the concept of ploughing a field for moving through the ocean; and "the deep" is the metonym, as "depth" is an attribute associated with the ocean.
Why is lead used in yacht keels?
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What are facts about structures?
There are 4 different kinds of keels!
