.
DailyCrosswordSolver.com
Search
Or enter known letters "Mus?c" (? for unknown)

Home LA Times Crossword Answers NYT Crossword Answers

  1. Homepage
  2. New York Times Crossword
  3. December 5 2023
  4. Ships backbone

Ships backbone

We have found the following answers matching the query 'Ships backbone' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Ships backbone crossword clue was last seen on December 5 2023 in the popular New York Times Crossword.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%KEELShips backboneNew York Times

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:

Related Crossword Clues

We have found the following related crossword clues from the same puzzle.

If you have already solved this crossword clue and are looking for the main post then head over to New York Times Crossword December 5 2023 Answers