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

Phil Brooks, Oceangate’s former Engineering Director, said the craft wasn’t properly checked after that dive because the company was struggling financially, and instead it was left for months on the dockside in Canada.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

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