How to pronounce“careen”in English
nounanother. And yes, dear viewer, it’s true.
Humankind careens from disaster to disaster, but still we press on, like boats against the current, and sometimes we even learn from previous disasters.
And since the Seventeenth Century Crisis involves climate change and catastrophic war, we should maybe pay attention to this one.
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Definitions of “careen”
To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
“However, to avoid ſome inconveniencies relating to port duties, which would have been demanded in the port of Canton, and could not, in honour to the British flag, be complied with by us, he adviſed Mr Anſon to put into the harbour of Typa, about ſix miles from Macao, where he might careen his ſhip without diſturbance ; and actually ſent us a pilot to conduct us ſafe to the intended birth.”
To tilt on one side.
The position of a ship laid on one side.
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