verb. Simple past tense and past participle of turtle.

adjective. Capsized; turned upside-down in the water.

"After his aborted attempt to reach the platform onto which his nephew had climbed, Callahan crawled to the back of the "turtled" boat, where he sat on the upturned outboard, wrapped his arms around the engine's lower unit and held on under an unceasing assault of drenching, slamming waves."

turtle  turtles  

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