Keelson
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A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floortimbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; iniron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of atimber ship. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart themain keelson, to support the engines and boilers.
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