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Scottish. A roadstead or anchorage for ships. Cf. road, n. 3. Obsolete.
Now usually in plural. A sheltered piece of water near the shore where vessels may lie at anchor in safety; a roadstead.
A stretch of water near a shore considered as a safe place for ships to ride at anchor; a road (see road, n. 3a).
A roadstead or anchorage for ships; = raid, n. 1. Now Orkney (rare).
(a) a sea-voyage; (b) a roadstead.