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shipway
[ ship-wey ]
/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /
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noun
the structure that supports a ship being built.
a ship canal.
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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 HallThis 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 DabneyStabilization of the levels of the Great Lakes and their opening to the sea by an effective shipway remain to be considered.
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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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