Usually means: Movable fin stabilizes, aids maneuverability.
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  2. sliding keel: Vocabulary.com
  3. sliding-keel, sliding keel: Wordnik
  4. sliding keel: Wiktionary
  5. sliding keel: Dictionary.com
  6. sliding keel: Rhymezone
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noun:  (nautical) An oblong frame let down vertically through the bottom of a vessel in order to deepen the draught and sustain against a side wind.

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