dockyardnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɒk.jɑːd/us/ˈdɑːk.jɑːrd/also shipyarda place where ships are built and repaired
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Ports & docks
- anchorage
- basin
- boathouse
- breakwater
- derrick
- dockland
- free port
- harbour
- harbour master
- hoverport
- jetty
- marina
- pier
- pierhead
- port
- sea wall
- seaport
- slip
- terminal
- the dockside
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Examples from literature
- Every dockyard in Italy was called into requisition.
- Nothing can be finer than the dockyards for building vessels, in which ten thousand men can work with ease.
- The ships were compelled to visit the imperial dockyard in the capital to undergo repairs and to receive provisions and pay.
- Two hours later they reached Plymouth, marched through the town to the dockyard, and went straight on board the transport.
- When the expedition reached England, every port and dockyard on the south coast was humming with preparations for a great naval struggle.