傾けい覆ふく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

overturning; capsizing; subversion

Literary and somewhat archaic term for turning something over, physically or metaphorically (e.g., overturning a state). Modern Japanese more commonly uses 転覆 (てんぷく) for physical overturning/capsizing and 打倒 (だとう) or 転覆 for political subversion.

• 「傾けい覆ふく」は古ふるい文ぶん章しょうで国こっ家かの転てん覆ぷくを指さすことがある。

  In old texts, 傾覆 can refer to the overthrow of a state.

• 船ふねの傾けい覆ふくを防ふせぐためにバラストを調ちょう整せいした。

  They adjusted the ballast to prevent the ship from capsizing.