shipway

American  

[ship-wey] / ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /

noun

1. the structure that supports a ship being built.

2. a ship canal.

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shipway British  

/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /

noun

1. the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched

2. a canal used by ships

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Etymology

Origin of shipway

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

Example Sentences

The city wants the Government to dredge a shipway through Lake Pontchartrain to the Canal.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Dabney, Thomas Ewing

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

From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Dabney, Thomas Ewing

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

From State of the Union Address by Coolidge, Calvin