careenage
(kəˈriːnɪdʒ)
[f. careen v. + -age; cf. F. carénage.]
a. The careening of a ship; ellipt. the expense of this. b. A careening-place (cf. anchorage).
In sense b the Fr. carénage is much used, esp. in W. Indies, and parts of N. America.
| 1794 Sir J. Jervis in Naval. Chron. X. 462 The Asia and Zebra were appointed..to enter the careenage. 1829 Lond. Encycl. V. 161 Careenage is the place where the operation is performed, and also the money given for careening. 1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana v. 45 The whole line of the carenage being..one continuous sloping bank of slime. |
| attrib. 1877 Kinglake Crimea V. ii. 372 [He] crossed the Careenage Ravine. |