dockside

American  

[dok-sahyd] / ˈdɒkˌsaɪd /

noun

1. land or area adjoining a dock.

   We were at the dockside to greet them.

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adjective

1. pertaining to or located at or near a dockside.

   dockside warehouses; a dockside fire.

Etymology

Origin of dockside

First recorded in 1885–90; dock ¹ + side ¹

Example Sentences

In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

On a curvy dockside stretch in Key West, Fla., called Lazy Way Lane is a worn out white bunker building with no windows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

It took staff at DP World two hours to create the pink heart with "NHS" on one side and "75" on the other on the dockside.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023

The Connecticut is dockside at Kitsap Naval Base, Bremerton, awaiting the start of a maintenance period that was to begin in February.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2023

A sheen of oil lay on the water just below where scraps of rug had been nailed down to act as dockside bumpers.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson