Careenage


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Ca`reen´age


n.1.(Naut.) Expense of careening ships.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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On d'night-time breeze, comin' up from the Careenage I hear Hey Lara it's me ...
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Government also became a consumer when it supplied public lighting to the wharves and inner basin of the Careenage inlet.
"This one reminds me of the Careenage in Bridgetown where the water stinks.
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All the Cobhams needed now was a safe haven--a harbour to hide their ship and a good place for careenage. (Because no dry dock was available to them, pirates careened or beached their sailing vessel on a sandy beach at high tide to expose one side of the ship's hull for maintenance below the waterline once the tide had gone out.