Parliamentary heel (English, noun)
expansion: Parliamentary heel (plural Parliamentary heels)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
related: word: parliamentary heel
tags: alternative
glosses: A maintenance manoeuvre for sailing vessels during the Age of Sail — similar to careening — during which weight (such as ballast, guns or crew) is shifted to one side of the vessel to make it heel; thereby providing relatively quick access to the underside of the vessel for cleaning or repair at low expense.
tags: historical
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see parliamentary, heel.
Forms:
form: Parliamentary heels
tags: plural