Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr.
& vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch,
capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr.
L. caput head.]
To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
[1913 Webster]
But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
capsizing
n 1: (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in
the water