heeling

Ship listing sideways

Heeling is what a boat does when it tips to one side under wind pressure: The sailboat was heeling sharply in the gusts.

The term comes from heel as a verb meaning to lean or tilt.

In dog training, heeling means walking closely at the handler's side on command: The German shepherd was heeling perfectly.

dogtraining

obedience

Compliance with authority

stay · walk · puppy · socialization · reinforcement · behavior · discipline · trainer · canine · treats

inclination

list

Sequence of recorded items

  • leanLacking fat; incline
  • angleGeometric measure of rotation
  • tiltAngular deviation from level

cant · pitch · bank · roll · leeward · windward · capsizing · righting · stability · trim

sailing

tacking

Angled sailing maneuver

keelboat · sloop · ketch · yawl · catamaran · trimaran · mainsail · genoa · spinnaker · rigging

cobbling

shoe

Covering for feet

  • bootHigh shoe or startup
  • soleFoot's bottom surface
  • repairRestore to working order

leather · cobbler · resole · shoemaker · mending · footwear · worn · replacement · stitching

Categories
Opposites
boat lateral stability

heelingupright

Vertical or morally sound

level · on an even keel · righting · even keel · steady

dog obedience/position

heelingpulling

Force toward oneself

bolting · running off · straying · straining · lunging

vessel stability outcome

heelingcapsizing

Watercraft inverting suddenly

turtling · overturning · broaching · foundering · swamping

Family

heel, heels, heeled, reheeled, reheel

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