slipwayn.

Brit.

/ˈslɪpweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈslɪpˌweɪ/

Forms: Also slip-way.

Etymology: < slip- comb. form + way n.¹

1. A sloping way leading down into the water; a slip. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [noun] > place or device for

boat slip1837

slipway1840

boat launch1865

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 431/1 Two flat-bottomed boats..were brought to the slipway, at the back of the mast-houses.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 42 Slip-ways and berthing for vessels.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 189/1 Ships are usually built on slip-ways, sloping down to the water.

1912 Flight 7 Dec. 1133 (caption) The machine being launched from the slipway that leads down to the water from the hangar.

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 48/1 The management of these [seaplane] stations is very similar to that of an aerodrome, with the exception of slipways up and down which aircraft are moved on leaving and entering the water.

1936 Sun (Baltimore) 6 July 9/1 The giant four-motored plane, prototype of the airliner with which Britain is to face the Atlantic voyage, made its first appearance on the slipway at Rochester this week.

1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. iii. 46 The coffin slid smoothly down into the fiery sea... The clergyman smiled gently from behind the slipway.

1982 P. Connon In Shadow of Eagle's Wing 28 On the evening of Wednesday, August 3, the hydromonoplane was launched down the slipway into Bowness Bay.

2. An inclined roadway leading into a mine.

ΚΠ

1863 Cambrian Jrnl. 151 The Austrian mines have circular slip-ways, viz., without steps, of an inclined plane, winding round a newel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	slipway
释义	slipwayn. Brit. /ˈslɪpweɪ/, U.S. /ˈslɪpˌweɪ/ Forms: Also slip-way. Etymology: < slip- comb. form + way n.¹ 1. A sloping way leading down into the water; a slip. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > launching a vessel > [noun] > place or device for boat slip1837 slipway1840 boat launch1865 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 431/1 Two flat-bottomed boats..were brought to the slipway, at the back of the mast-houses. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. iii. 42 Slip-ways and berthing for vessels. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 189/1 Ships are usually built on slip-ways, sloping down to the water. 1912 Flight 7 Dec. 1133 (caption) The machine being launched from the slipway that leads down to the water from the hangar. 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 48/1 The management of these [seaplane] stations is very similar to that of an aerodrome, with the exception of slipways up and down which aircraft are moved on leaving and entering the water. 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 6 July 9/1 The giant four-motored plane, prototype of the airliner with which Britain is to face the Atlantic voyage, made its first appearance on the slipway at Rochester this week. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. iii. 46 The coffin slid smoothly down into the fiery sea... The clergyman smiled gently from behind the slipway. 1982 P. Connon In Shadow of Eagle's Wing 28 On the evening of Wednesday, August 3, the hydromonoplane was launched down the slipway into Bowness Bay. 2. An inclined roadway leading into a mine. ΚΠ 1863 Cambrian Jrnl. 151 The Austrian mines have circular slip-ways, viz., without steps, of an inclined plane, winding round a newel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1840
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