shipway
[ ship-wey ]
/ ˈʃɪpˌweɪ /
noun
the structure that supports a ship being built.
a ship canal.
Words nearby shipway
shipping ton,
shippon,
ships that pass in the night,
shipshape,
shipside,
shipway,
shipworm,
shipwreck,
shipwright,
shipyard,
shiralee
Example sentences from the Web for shipway
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 DabneyTake, 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
British Dictionary definitions for shipway
shipway
/ (ˈʃɪpˌweɪ) /
noun
the structure on which a vessel is built, then launched
a canal used by ships