floating dock
noun
a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
Words nearby floating dock
Origin of floating dock
First recorded in 1865–70
Also called floating dry dock.
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Examples from the Web for floating dock
Dismounting, we tied our horses to the fence and hastily constructed what the boys called a "floating-dock."
The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry|Samuel H. Fletcher
British Dictionary definitions for floating dock
floating dock
noun
a large boxlike structure that can be submerged to allow a vessel to enter it and then floated to raise the vessel out of the water for maintenance or repairAlso called: floating dry dock
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