CAREEN

I. verb Etymology: from carine side of a ship, from Middle French, submerged part of a hull, from Latin carina hull, half of a nutshell; perhaps akin to Greek karyon nut Date: circa 1583 transitive verb to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull, to cause to heel over, intransitive verb 1. to ~ a boat, to undergo this process, to heel over, to sway from side to side ; lurch , career , II. noun Date: 1712 the act or process of ~ing ; the state of being ~ed