slipway

[ slip-wey ]

/ ˈslɪpˌweɪ /

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noun Nautical.

(in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.

marine railway.

a ramp on a factory ship for hauling aboard carcasses of whales for processing.

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Origin of slipway

First recorded in 1830–40; slip¹ + way¹

Words nearby slipway

slip through one's fingers, slip top, slip trailing, slip-up, slipware, slipway, slit, slit-drum, slit fricative, slither, slithery

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How to use slipway in a sentence

Then she drew him away, over stock and stone, in a slanting path to the slipway, where the people stood like a wall.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo
A motor-boat left the slipway, and we were towed ingloriously ashore at about 11 o'clock.
'Green Balls'|Paul Bewsher
At ten minutes to seven we sighted land and twenty minutes after we were resting on the water in front of Yarmouth slipway.
The Victory At Sea|William Sowden Sims
Master Calvin, seated astride the low wall above the slipway, almost rolled off his perch with laughter.
Shining Ferry|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Rosewarne could not challenge him without raising the whole question of the slipway.
Shining Ferry|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for slipway

slipway

/ (ˈslɪpˌweɪ) /

noun

the sloping area in a shipyard, containing the ways

Also called: marine railway the ways on which a vessel is launched

the ramp of a whaling factory ship

a pillowcase; pillowslip

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