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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

Take, for example, that shameful story of the "Shipway frauds," which is thus referred to by a clergyman of the parish.

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

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

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