wet dock

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a dock accessible only around the time of high tide and entered through locks or gates.

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Etymology

Origin of wet dock

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

During filming in Jamaica, Craig slipped while running on a wet dock and badly injured his ankle.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Designed by Carmody Groarke, the copper-clad buildings will include a wet dock, allowing the display of boats on water, and a boatyard where visitors will be able to see conservation in action.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2019

Attenborough launched the vessel himself into a wet dock on the Mersey in Liverpool on Saturday.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2018

It was rather as though, after being in makeshift wet dock for days, the Queen Mary had just sailed out of, say, Walden Pond, as suddenly and perversely as she had sailed in.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

Across the canal lie the newer quarters, which chiefly occupy two islands separated from each other by a wet dock and limited on the east by the Canal Maritime, parallel to the Canal de Cette.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various