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shipway

[ ship-wey ]

noun

  1. the structure that supports a ship being built.


shipway

/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /

noun

  1. the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched
  2. a canal used by ships
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of shipway1

First recorded in 1825–35; ship 1 + way 1
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Example Sentences

As the king willed, they went down by the shipways to the assembly ground of the Phaiakians.

Its total length is 378 feet; the shipway passing over it is 105 feet wide and 30 feet deep.

It has more shipyards, more shipways, more ship workers, more ships under construction, and is building more ships every month during the war than any other country.

Stabilization of the levels of the Great Lakes and their opening to the sea by an effective shipway remain to be considered.

This is the famous siphon—the quadruple passage of concrete that will carry the city's drainage underneath the shipway.

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