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KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON
KETCH to KNOT
KETCH
KEVELS
KEY
KEYS
KINK
KNEE
KNEE of the head
KINGHT-HEAD or BOLLARD-TIMBER
KNIGHT-HEADS
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KEVELS
KEVELS, (taquets, Fr.) a frame composed of two pieces of timber, whole lower ends rest in a sort of step or foot, nailed to the ship's side, from whence the upper ends branch outward into arms or horns, serving to belay the great ropes by which the bottoms of the main-sail and foresail are extended. These are represented by fig. 3. plate V.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 166, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0764.html