keel

I. verb Etymology: Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan, from cōl cool Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect cool II. noun Etymology: Middle English kele, from Middle Dutch kiel; akin to Old English cēol ship Date: 14th century a flat-bottomed barge used especially on the Tyne to carry coal III. noun Etymology: Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr; akin to Old English ceole throat, beak of a ship — more at glutton Date: 14th century 1. a. the chief structural member of a boat or ship that extends longitudinally along the center of its bottom and that often projects from the bottom; also this projection b. ship 2. a projection suggesting a keel; especially carina 1 • keeled adjective • keelless adjective IV. intransitive verb Date: 1832 1. to fall in or as if in a faint — usually used with over 2. to heel or lean precariously V. noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) keyle Date: 15th century chiefly dialect red ocher