Engineering:Keelson
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Short description: Structural member in a wooden boat/ship
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The keelson or kelson[1] is a reinforcing structural member on top of the keel in the hull of a wooden[citation needed] vessel.
In part V of “Song of Myself”, American poet Walt Whitman uses the phrase: “And that a kelson of the creation is love;” to imply that love is akin to a keelson, or backbone, that supports humanity.
References
- ↑ "keelson". Dictionary.com. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/keelson.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keelson.
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