slip·way
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Definition of slipway
: an inclined usually concrete surface for a ship being built or repaired
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Plus two headless gantry cranes on either side of a 550-foot-long concrete slipway where military ships once entered the water.
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John King, SFChronicle.com, "Rugged new S.F. bayside park offers something unexpected — a day at the beach," 1 Oct. 2020
The slipway, by contrast, begins public life as an artifact more than an attraction.
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John King, SFChronicle.com, "Rugged new S.F. bayside park offers something unexpected — a day at the beach," 1 Oct. 2020
Next to the original slipways where the Titanic was built, the massive Titanic Belfast museum commemorates Belfast's prolific shipbuilding industry.
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Rick Steves, USA TODAY, "Booming Belfast: See how Northern Irish capital went from Titanic to Troubles to 'Thrones'," 16 Jan. 2020
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
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The Economist, "Ikejime: a humane way to kill fish that makes them tastier," 4 Oct. 2019
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
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The Economist, "Ikejime: a humane way to kill fish that makes them tastier," 4 Oct. 2019
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
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The Economist, "Ikejime: a humane way to kill fish that makes them tastier," 4 Oct. 2019
The tide has risen and the steep slipway is shorter by a good five metres.
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The Economist, "Ikejime: a humane way to kill fish that makes them tastier," 4 Oct. 2019
Get our daily newsletter An indoor Olympic-size swimming pool is a few steps from a lakeside slipway where holidaymakers may launch speedboats.
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The Economist, "A woodland resort symbolises American unions’ diminishing fortunes," 3 Oct. 2019
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The first known use of slipway was in 1840
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