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From keel (“to cool”) + fat (“tub, vat”). Cognate with Dutch koelvat (“cooler, keelfat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
keelfat
Today it means: A cooler; a vat in which liquor or wort is set for cooling. Full definition →
Today it means: A cooler; a vat in which liquor or wort is set for cooling. Full definition →
From keel (“to cool”) + fat (“tub, vat”). Cognate with Dutch koelvat (“cooler, keelfat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.