keeler
See also: Keeler
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkiːlə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkilɚ/
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English keler, equivalent to keel (noun) + -er.
Noun edit
keeler (plural keelers)
- (nautical) One who works on a barge or keel.
- (historical) One employed in managing a Newcastle keel, or coal boat.
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English kelere, kelare (“a vessel for cooling liquids, a tub”, literally “a cooler”), equivalent to keel (“to cool”) + -er.
Noun edit
keeler (plural keelers)
- A small or shallow tub.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Yola edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English keler.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keeler
- A wooden vessel in which milk is set.
References edit
- 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