NOUN
- a metal plate projecting from the keel of a shallow vessel to give it greater lateral stability
How To Use fin keel In A Sentence
- The sailboat has a fin keel and a rudder that resemble the dorsal and pectoral fins of orcas.
- Her fin keel struck bottom, and her main topmast lurched and shivered as if about to come down upon our heads. Chapter 15
- She is very well mannered in conditions that would give fits to the helmsmen of modem boats with high aspect fin keels and spade rudders.
