Definition & Meaning of "shipway"in English

Shipway

a sloped platform or structure on which a ship is constructed or from which it is launched into the water

slipway

way

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

shipways

Examples

The vessel stood proudly on the shipway, ready for its maiden launch.

a canal large enough for seagoing vessels

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