slipway

[ slip-wey ]

/ ˈslɪpˌweɪ /

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

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

Origin of slipway

First recorded in 1830–40; slip¹ + way¹

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
In the slipway vacated by the olus a second class cruiser, to be named the Hermione, will be laid down forthwith.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 |Various
When we are alongside they walk out to us in their waterproof thigh-boots and carry me on to the slipway.

'Green Balls' |Paul Bewsher
Master Calvin, seated astride the low wall above the slipway, almost rolled off his perch with laughter.

Shining Ferry |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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

slipway

/ (ˈslɪpˌweɪ) /

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