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A highly favourable report has been made upon it by the Government surveyors, and it is pronounced admirably adapted for kelsons, stern-posts, great beams for steam-frigates, and other heavy work.

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

Their thirty kelsons hummed like thirty harp-strings, and looked as straight whilst they left their parallel traces on the sea.

From The Piazza Tales by Melville, Herman

The unfortunate ship was now in a blaze; at half-past eleven she blew up, and the tremendous concussion was felt at the very kelsons of all the ships near her.

From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

The shock of the explosion shook the Alexander, Swiftsure, and Orion to their kelsons and materially injured them.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various