rare. Also -fat. [KEEL sb.4 or KEEL v.1] A wooden tub; a keeler.
1552. Huloet, Keelerue [?] or keele vat, for ale, wyne or beere, labrum.
1755. Johnson, Keel-fat, cooler; tub in which liquor is let to cool.
1886. S. W. Linc. Gloss., Keal, a cold … almost out of use in this part of Lincolnshire, as is its compound, ‘Keal-fat,’ a cooling-vat used in brewing.
