Usually means: Capsizing end over end longitudinally.
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  2. pitchpole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pitchpole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pitchpole: Collins English Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (pitchpole)

▸ verb:  (of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.

Similar:
purl, keel over, pole, heel over, Kent, overtopple, go overboard, maypole, pitch, cockbill, more...

Opposite:
stability, balance, equilibrium

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Similar:
purl, keel over, pole, heel over, Kent, overtopple, go overboard, maypole, pitch, cockbill, more...

Opposite:
stability, balance, equilibrium



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