Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An area, often bordering a body of water, with facilities for building, repairing, or dry-docking ships.
- noun Chiefly British A navy yard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yard or magazine near a harbor, for containing all kinds of naval stores and timber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A place where
ships arerepaired oroutfitted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired
Etymologies
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Examples
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VERNON: It's very easy to defend a town and a dockyard, which is why we would not to choose in urban built up areas if we had to.
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There were occasions when the pride of the British tar was not abashed at being called a dockyard loafer, but these were rare.
The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Walter Runciman 1892
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I was cordially received by the directing officer of the dockyard, which is of very large extent and surrounded by fortifications.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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The admiral told them that the most interesting novelty in the dockyard was the starting of Nasmyth's steam hammer.
James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885
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– Went on shore yesterday afternoon, and inspected the dockyard, which is rapidly approaching its completion.
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We anchored off the dockyard, which is even larger than that of Portsmouth.
A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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We visited the dockyard, which is very similar to that of Portsmouth.
A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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One of the largest buildings in the dockyard is the foundry, which is considered the most complete in the world.
A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Or, suppose I had been a sail ship, and had come in dismasted, and the dockyard was the only place where I could be refitted, would you have denied me a mast? and if you would not deny me a mast, on what principle will you deny me coal, both articles being declared by your Government innoxious?
The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Raphael Semmes 1843
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At ten my children set off to the dockyard, which is a most prodigious effort of machinery, and they are promised the sight of an anchor in the act of being forged, a most cyclopean sight.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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