roadstead

[ rohd-sted ]

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nounNautical.

road (def. 4).

Origin of roadstead

First recorded in 1325–75, roadstead is from the Middle English word radestede.See road, stead

Words Nearby roadstead

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How to use roadstead in a sentence

If we leave Philippeville in the evening, we find ourselves next morning in the handsome roadstead of Bona.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 | Various
By the seventh day the yacht was off the Palestine coast, and Joppa, seated on her cliffs, appeared over a foaming roadstead.
The Lord of the Sea | M. P. Shiel
Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend Brady
He soon advanced abreast of her, and could get glimpses of her profile against the roadstead lights.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas Hardy
Our first gift to you, as your galley came into the roadstead, was the head of your rival for the empire of the world.
Caesar and Cleopatra | George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for roadstead

roadstead

/ (ˈrəʊdˌstɛd) /

noun

nautical another word for road (def. 5)

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