Parliamentary heel

Meanings

1. 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.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see parliamentary, heel.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Parliamentary heel.