navy yard

noun

a government dockyard where naval ships are built, repaired, and fitted out, and naval supplies and munitions are laid up.

Nearby words

navy cross, navy cut, navy gray, navy list, navy plug, navy yard, nawab, naxalite, naxos, naxçivan, nay

Origin of navy yard

First recorded in 1765–75

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Examples from the Web for navy yard

The marines were hurriedly disembarked, and hastened to guard the entrances to the navy-yard.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
Since corrupted into the Wallabout, the bay where the navy-yard is situated.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete|Washington Irving
On his arrival in New York he hastened across the ferry to the navy-yard.
Stand By The Union|Oliver Optic
And right here, he had to admit to himself, he didn't have so very much the best of Heels of the navy-yard.
Wide Courses|James Brendan Connolly

And in a moment more the youth had run out of the navy-yard and was on board of another car.
Fighting in Cuban Waters|Edward Stratemeyer

British Dictionary definitions for navy yard

navy yard

noun

a naval shipyard, esp in the US

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navy yard

noun

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navy yard

noun