shipway

[ ship-wey ]

/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /

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noun

the structure that supports a ship being built.

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Origin of shipway

First recorded in 1825–35; ship¹ + way¹

Words nearby shipway

ship's papers, ship's store, ship's stores, ships that pass in the night, ship-to-shore, shipway, shipworm, shipwreck, shipwright, shipyard, shiralee

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How to use shipway in a sentence

Take, 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
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 Dabney
Stabilization of the levels of the Great Lakes and their opening to the sea by an effective shipway remain to be considered.
State of the Union Addresses of Calvin Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for shipway

shipway

/ (ˈʃɪpˌweɪ) /

noun

the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched

a canal used by ships

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