[f. CAREEN v. + -AGE; cf. F. carénage.] a. The careening of a ship; ellipt. the expense of this. b. A careening-place (cf. anchorage).

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  In sense b the Fr. carénage is much used, esp. in W. Indies, and parts of N. America.

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1794.  Sir J. Jervis, in Naval Chron., X. 462. The Asia and Zebra were appointed … to enter the careenage.

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1829.  Lond. Encycl., V. 161. Careenage is the place where the operation is performed, and also the money given for careening.

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1841.  Orderson, Creoleana, v. 45. The whole line of the carenage being … one continuous sloping bank of slime.

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  attrib.  1877.  Kinglake, Crimea, V. ii. 372. [He] crossed the Careenage Ravine.

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