shipway

[ship-wey]

noun

the structure that supports a ship being built.

a ship canal.

Origin of shipway

First recorded in 1825–35; ship¹ + way¹

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Examples from the Web for shipway

Historical Examples of shipway

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

British Dictionary definitions for shipway

shipway

noun

the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched

a canal used by ships

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