单词	roadstead
释义	roadstead /ˈrəʊdstɛd / noun Another term for road (sense 3).The ships then sailed to Blind Bay and anchored in the Astrolabe roadstead.... The island prospered as thousands of homeward-bound vessels anchored in the roadstead in a year, staying for considerable periods, refitting and revictualling. In the meantime, some visiting boats anchor out in the roadstead and their crews dinghy in to the adjacent, landlocked municipal marina. Origin Mid 16th century: from road + obsolete stead 'a place'.
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