offshore dock

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a floating dock moored to pilings, dolphins, etc., used for cleaning and repairing medium-sized vessels.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

The 26 were beaten by the bailiffs as they filed into a caged dock, sobbing, on Dec. 21.
Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays|Bel Trew|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lupher says the Carnival Magic tried to land in Cozumel, but that the Mexican authorities blocked them from the dock.
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear|Carol McKinley|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But when modern-day conservationists surveyed the offshore rocks they discovered something even more ethereal lurking within.
What Made Mexico’s Most Mysterious Beach?|Brandon Presser|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As he was taken down from the dock to be driven to prison he was downcast, as anyone would be who was publicly sacrificed.
Murdoch on the Rocks: How a Lone Reporter Revealed the Mogul's Tabloid Terror Machine|Clive Irving|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
William Kidd with others executed at Execution dock, London, for piracy.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It was no new region to me, nor was I ignorant of the specified drinking den on the dock to which I had been directed.
The Staircase At The Hearts Delight|Anna Katharine Green (Mrs. Charles Rohlfs)
It was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
It was a head such as one may see in the dock at certain criminal trials that are held with closed doors.
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet
Then on board the Prince, now in the dock, and indeed it has one and no more rich cabins for carved work, but no gold in her.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys