dry-dock

• Mettre un navire ou un bateau dans une cale sèche pour l'entretien, la réparation ou l'inspection.

A verb meaning to place a ship or boat in a dry dock for maintenance, repair, or inspection.

1. Maneuver a ship into a drydockC1formal

   To bring a ship into a drydock for repairs, maintenance, or inspection.

   mettre en cale sèche

   • The crew carefully dry-docked the vessel for its annual inspection.
   • The navy dry-docked the battleship to repair its hull.
   • Engineers dry-docked the cargo ship to replace the propeller.

   Antonymesfloatlaunch