English edit

Etymology edit

keel +‎ -less

Adjective edit

keelless (not comparable)

  1. (Of a water craft) having no keel.
    • 1914, Sven Anders Hedin, From Pole to Pole[1]:
      Every vessel had several keelless whale-boats, pointed at both bow and stern, so that they could be rowed forwards or backwards.
  2. (Of a bird) having no keel on the sternum; acarinate.