dockyard

[ dok-yahrd ]

/ ˈdɒkˌyɑrd /

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noun

a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.

British. a navy yard.

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Origin of dockyard

First recorded in 1695–1705; dock¹ + yard²

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How to use dockyard in a sentence

The bus journey ended at the westernmost tip of the island, the old Royal Navy Dockyard.
How John Lennon Rediscovered His Music in Bermuda|The Telegraph|November 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Scotland had not a single ship of the line, nor a single dockyard where such a ship could be built.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
On Nat's return to the dockyard, he delighted Lippincott with the news of the exchange that they were to make.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty

As soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty
Nat at once hurried off, while Captain Painton went into the office of another of the officials of the dockyard.
A Roving Commission|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for dockyard

dockyard

/ (ˈdɒkˌjɑːd) /

noun

a naval establishment with docks, workshops, etc, for the building, fitting out, and repair of vessels

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dockyard

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