The Collaborative International Dictionary
Careenage \Ca*reen"age\, n. [Cf. F. car['e]nage.] (Naut.)
Expense of careening ships.
A place for careening.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) a beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened 2 (context nautical English) the expense of careening a ship
Usage examples of "careenage".
After those three days Hornblower warped Atropos out into the harbour again and set about his repairs with his own resources and with his own men, keeping them labouring under the sun, and deriving some little satisfaction from the fact that Captain Ford's troubles — he had Nightingale over at the careenage — were even worse than his own.
The dreamlike city of Palermo turns its back upon the sea, and Hornblower turned his back upon Palermo, until Aquila was working her way out round Monte Pellegrino, and then he stood aft, by the taffrail, looking back at Atropos lying there, and Nightingale at the careenage, and the palaces of Palermo beyond.
After those three days Hornblower warped Atropos out into the harbour again and set about his repairs with his own resources and with his own men, keeping them labouring under the sun, and deriving some little satisfaction from the fact that Captain Ford's troubles - he had Nightingale over at the careenage - were even worse than his own.
Anyway, the leak was now twice as bad, and the nearest careenage was Curacao.