careen
verb (used without object)
(of a vehicle) to lean, sway, or tip to one side while in motion.
careenage
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a word derived from
careen.
Example Sentences
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He did not hurry to leave his careenage, though he must have known that each day he stayed there lessened his chance of booty.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
But farther down, near the careenage at the river mouth, a battered frigate rode at anchor.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
We pulled around the principal fort, which is situated on a point of land, and entered a beautiful land-locked harbor, or careenage, where a number of vessels were lying at the wharves.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper
