keeler

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English keler, equivalent to keel (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

keeler (plural keelers)

  1. (nautical) One who works on a barge or keel.
  2. (historical) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English kelere, kelare (“a vessel for cooling liquids, a tub”, literally “a cooler”), equivalent to keel (“to cool”) +‎ -er.

Noun

keeler (plural keelers)

  1. A small or shallow tub.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “keeler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Etymology

From Middle English keler.

Pronunciation

Noun

keeler

  1. A wooden vessel in which milk is set.

References

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 135
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