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- Keelson - n. - A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.
- Rider - n. - An interior rib occasionally fixed in a ship's hold, reaching from the keelson to the beams of the lower deck, to strengthen her frame.
- Floor - n. - That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
- Back - n. - The keel and keelson of a ship.
- Limber - n. - Gutters or conduits on each side of the keelson to afford a passage for water to the pump well.
- Keelson - n. - A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship.