carina

An old term, from the Latin, for the keel, or a ship's bottom.

The north-country term keel means an entire vessel: "So many keels touched the strand." (See keel.)

carina
cărīna, ae, f. [cf. κάρυον, cornu]. I The keel of a ship , Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 42; Caes. B. G. 3, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Carina
Cărīna, ae, f., a town of Troas , Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
carina
carīna ae, f 1 CAR-, a keel (of a ship): carinae planiores, Cs.: carinas fixerant vadis, L.— Poet....

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Carina
·noun A keel. II. Carina ·noun The keel of the breastbone of birds. III. Carina ·noun A longitudin...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language