- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- August 28 2023
- Boat backbone
Boat backbone
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Boat backbone' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Boat backbone crossword clue was last seen on August 28 2023 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | KEEL | Boat backbone | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | KEELS | Boat backbones | Thomas Joseph |
Definition
| • | To cool; to skim or stir. |
| • | A brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. |
| • | A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a vessel. It is the principal timber of the vessel, and, by means of the ribs attached on each side, supports the vessel's frame. In an iron vessel, a combination of plates supplies the place of the keel of a wooden ship. See Illust. of Keelson. |
| • | Fig.: The whole ship. |
| • | A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt. |
| • | The two lowest petals of the corolla of a papilionaceous flower, united and inclosing the stamens and pistil; a carina. See Carina. |
| • | A projecting ridge along the middle of a flat or curved surface. |
| • | To traverse with a keel; to navigate. |
| • | To turn up the keel; to show the bottom. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Wall Street Journal: Aug 28, 2023
- LA Times: Mar 7, 2022
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