roadsteadn.
/ˈrəʊdstɛd/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌstɛd/ A stretch of water near a shore considered as a safe place for ships to ride at anchor; a road (see road n. 3a).In quot. 1351 apparently as the name of a particular roadstead.
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the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > roadstead
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > place of anchorage > roadstead
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1351 in J. C. Atkinson Cartularium Abbathiæ de Whiteby (1881) II. 425 Deinz mesme la vile ou en la mere pres jongnaunts, apelle Radestede.
a1584 S. Borough in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 314 Our barke did ride such a roade sted, that it was to be maruelled..howe she was able to abide it.
1600 R. Carr tr. Mahumetane Hist. f. 57 Perceiuing that they had not a safe rodested there, they remoued from thence to an other rodested of that Island, called Maiaro.
a1643 J. Burroughs Sovereignty Brit. Seas (1651) 153 We stay till the Herring come home to our roade steads.
1774 Hull Dock Act 49 The roadstead near the haven mouth.
1795 in J. H. Tooke Επεα Πτεροεντα (ed. 2) I. ix. 438 (note) It..has no good Roadsted, and is not tenable, if not protected by a fleet.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 155 The coast affords several road-steads.
1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) vi. 265 Caipha, at the opposite corner of the bay,..served as a roadstead.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 47 We came to an anchor near the middle of the roadstead.
1917 J. Conrad Shadow-line i. i. 41 The whole great roadstead to the right was just a mere flicker of blue.
1952 Times 10 Jan. 6/4 The British liner..is expected in the roadstead at Beira during the night.
1990 Yachting Feb. 56/2 This yacht could best deliver her crew..across threatening reefs and into ill-charted roadsteads, in comfort and safety.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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