roadstead
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of roadstead
First recorded in 1325–75, roadstead is from the Middle English word radestede. See road, stead
Example Sentences
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Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2024
Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021
It was the worst since 1889, when another keening, killing wind sank three American and three German warships in Apia roadstead.
From Time Magazine Archive
For days Cebu's people had taken to the hills every time a ship appeared in the roadstead.
From Time Magazine Archive
The oarsmen were coming aboard now, for the ship was to go out into the roadstead before night fell, and sail with the ebbtide near dawn.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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