Lexic.us

Definition of Dockyard

1. Noun. An establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repaired.

Definition of Dockyard

1. n. A yard or storage place for all sorts of naval stores and timber for shipbuilding.

Definition of Dockyard

1. Noun. A place where ships are repaired or outfitted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dockyard

1. a shipyard [n -S] - See also: shipyard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dockyard

Literary usage of Dockyard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to Bermuda by Blair Howard (2004)
"The Royal Naval dockyard The Royal Naval dockyard, s 234-3824, has had a long and often turbulent history. The American War of Independence brought the loss ..."

2. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1886)
"The dockyard. AMONGST the Government Establishments at Portsmouth, the Naval {jj. Arsenal is that which has long exerted the greatest influence upon the on ..."

3. The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1883)
"I think that it ought to be so managed as to keep every dockyard entirely separate. The new system would be beginning witb the dockyard and coming to the ..."

4. The English in the West Indies: Or, The Bow of Ulysses by James Anthony Froude (1900)
"We were to lunch with the commodore of the station at the Port Royal dockyard. I could then see the town—or what was left of it, for the story went that ..."

5. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"Portsmouth dockyard: Rise and progress; Extension Works, ... The trade of a dockyard is confined to the materials required for construction or repair, ..."

6. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1893)
"Ptfe. uon of the Name of Deptford—Division of the Parish—The River Ravensbourne—The Royal dockyard—Sir Francis Drake's Ship, ..."

7. Antigua and Barbuda by Don Philpott, Brian Anderson, Ellen Anderson (2004)
"Nelson's dockyard communities that falls within the 15-square mile (39-sq km) national park area which also encompasses Nelson's dockyard, English Harbour ..."

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