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roadstead

[ rohd-sted ]

/ ˈroʊdˌstɛd /

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noun Nautical.

road(def 4).

Origin of roadstead

First recorded in 1325–75, roadstead is from the Middle English word radestede. See road, stead

Words nearby roadstead

roadmap, roadrailer, roadroller, roadrunner, roadside, roadstead, roadster, roadway, roadwork, roadworks, roadworthy

Example sentences from the Web for roadstead

He walked on, as if there still had been a ship in the roadstead to which he could get himself pulled off in the evening.

End of the Tether |Joseph Conrad
I ask you, has a British official any authority over an American vessel lying in the roadstead?

Cappy Ricks |Peter B. Kyne
The Persian fleet sailed from the roadstead of Phalerum during that same night.

Famous Sea Fights |John Richard Hale
The ship sheered into a sort of roadstead—a very wild one it was—as soon as she had room.

Afloat And Ashore |James Fenimore Cooper

Then, far away in the roadstead ahead of them, he made out an entire cluster of lights, like those of a liner at anchor.

The Shadow |Arthur Stringer

British Dictionary definitions for roadstead

roadstead

/ (ˈrəʊdˌstɛd) /

noun

nautical another word for road (def. 5)