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Keelson

or Kelson. A beam running lengthwise above the keel of a ship, and bolted to the middle of the floor-frames, in order to stiffen the vessel. The word son is the Swedish svin, and Norwegian svill, a sill.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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