Associations to the word «Shipway»

Wiktionary

SHIPWAY, noun. The sloping dry dock in which a ship is build and from where it is launched
SHIPWAY, noun. A navigable canal

Dictionary definition

SHIPWAY, noun. Structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired.
SHIPWAY, noun. A canal large enough for seagoing vessels.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats