drop keel

Questions about drop keel

What does drop keel mean?

drop keel means "a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward".

What is another word for drop keel?

Close synonyms include centerboard, centreboard, sliding keel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop keel a common word?

drop keel is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.