Etymology

careenage

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Today it means: A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened. Full definition →

English careen ← French carène ← Italian carena
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The story

  1. Latincarīna
  2. Italiancarena
  3. Frenchcarène
  4. Englishcareen
  5. English todaycareenage

From careen + -age.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.