boatslip

[ boht-slip ]

noun

1. a docking place for a boat, as between wharves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of boatslip¹

boat + slip ¹

Example Sentences

After a rain-shortened ceremony, guests headed to the Boatslip Resort and Beach Club for the tea dance, a happy hour tradition in the L.G.B.T.Q.+ community that almost always includes dancing.

From New York Times

The next day, the couple headed back to Boatslip for another afternoon tea dance, with guests attired in caftans and carrying parasols.

From New York Times

Soon after that, I began to hear whisperings—whether at the Mussel Beach gym or traditional “high tea” gatherings by the pool at the Boatslip Resort—of a “gay cough” circulating among some out-of-towners.

From Slate

The Provincetown location also comes with a boatslip, and the conservancy plans to run ecotours in a newly purchased 24-foot vessel.

From Washington Times

But tea dance at the Boatslip is on indefinite hold, the cabaret is empty at the darkened Post Office Cafe, and no revelers spill out of bars at 1 a.m. to throng Spiritus Pizza until 2.

From New York Times