The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bilging
Bilge \Bilge\ (b[i^]lj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bilged (b[i^]ljd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bilging.]
(Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.
To bulge.
Wiktionary
bilging
vb. (present participle of bilge English)
Usage examples of "bilging".
This lesson in Navy pedagogy was driven home shortly be-fore Bilging Day.
She was bilging fast, with an ominous list to larboard, and it could be no more than a question of moments before she settled down.
Indeed, to make her safe from bilging, Blood ordered a prompt jettisoning of the forward guns, anchors, and water-casks and whatever else was moveable.