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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KEELSON, n. kel'son. A piece of timber in a ship, laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, fastened with long bolts and clinched, and thus binding the floor timbers to the keel.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a longitudinal beam connected to the keel of ship to strengthen it

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English kelswayn, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish kölsvin keelson Date: 13th century a longitudinal structure running above and fastened to the keel of a ship in order to stiffen and strengthen its framework

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also kelson) a line of timber fastening a ship's floor-timbers to its keel. Etymology: ME kelswayn, perh. f. LG kielswin f. kiel KEEL(1) + (prob.) swin SWINE used as the name of a timber

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Keelson Keel"son, n. [Akin to Sw. k["o]lsvin, Dan. kj["o]lsviin, G. kielschwein; apparently compounded of the words keel and swine; but cf. Norweg. kj["o]lsvill, where svill is akin to E. sill, n. ] (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber in a ship laid on the middle of the floor timbers over the keel, and binding the floor timbers to the keel; in iron vessels, a structure of plates, situated like the keelson of a timber ship. Cross keelson, a similar structure lying athwart the main keelson, to support the engines and boilers.