shipway
[ ship-wey ]
/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /
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noun
the structure that supports a ship being built.
a ship canal.
Nearby words
- shippon,
- ships that pass in the night,
- shipshape,
- shipside,
- shipton, mother,
- shipworm,
- shipwreck,
- shipwright,
- shipyard,
- shiralee
Origin of shipway
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Examples from the Web for shipway
This is the famous siphon—the quadruple passage of concrete that will carry the city's drainage underneath the shipway.
The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans|Thomas Ewing DabneyTake, for example, that shameful story of the "Shipway frauds," which is thus referred to by a clergyman of the parish.
Love Romances of the Aristocracy|Thornton Hall
shipway
/ (ˈʃɪpˌweɪ) /
noun
the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched
a canal used by ships
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