capsizee

English

Etymology

capsize +‎ -ee

Noun

capsizee (plural capsizees)

1. (rare) One whose vessel capsizes.
   • 1938, Country Life, volume 74, page 28:

     One boy did capsize out in the middle of the bay, but another who was with him sailed back to the Point and he and I, in a larger boat, went out and towed the capsizee home.

   • 1972, Yachting, volume 131, page 36:

     I remember well the greetings of catcalls and horn toots that awaited the unfortunate capsizees when they were towed past all the others who had managed to remain upright.

Anagrams

• Capesize, capesize