Dockyard
['dɒkjɑːd] or ['dɑk'jɑrd]
Definition
(noun.) an establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.
Typed by Duane--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.
Checked by Darren
Examples
- The principal productions of these towns,' says Mr. Pickwick, 'appear to be soldiers, sailors, Jews, chalk, shrimps, officers, and dockyard men. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The less aristocratic officers of the 97th devoted themselves to the families of the less important functionaries from the dockyard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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