SHIPWAY

ways, shipway, slipway

(noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shipway (plural shipways)

The sloping dry dock in which a ship is built and from where it is launched.

A navigable canal.

Source: Wiktionary



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