noun Date: circa 1730 an improvised bed (as one made up on the floor), a boisterous dance, an act or instance of shaking someone down, a thorough search, a process or period of adjustment, a testing under operating conditions of something new (as a ship) for possible faults and defects and for familiarizing the operators with it
SHAKEDOWN
Meaning of SHAKEDOWN in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012