society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > slip on which ships built or repaired > framework on which vessel rests > timbers supporting ship when launching
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1850 J. GreenwoodSailor's Sea-bk. 116 The heel..is cleated on the bulgeways.