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Definition of Drydock
1. Verb. Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock.
2. Noun. A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline.
Generic synonyms: Dock, Dockage, Docking Facility
Specialized synonyms: Floating Dock, Floating Dry Dock
Group relationships: Shipyard
Definition of Drydock
1. Noun. (nautical) A dock that can be drained of water and is used in the repair and construction of ships. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To place (a ship) in a drydock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drydock
Literary usage of Drydock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. With the Men who Do Things by Alexander Russell Bond (1913)
""For a drydock. They let the boats sail in and then they shut the gate at the end
... "Oh, I know what a drydock is, but I don't see why they have so much ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1898)
"Proposals for a Floating drydock.—A New Method of Making Hard-faced Armor.— Contraband
of War.—The Raddatz Submarine Boat—A New Quick-fire Naval Gun. ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Sub-aqueous Foundations: Including The Coffer-dam by Charles Evan Fowler (1914)
"434 for the < ernment drydock at League Island, Pa., a discussion of which| be
given under the description of that work. Where piling ar employed, ..."
4. The Centennial Celebration of the Evacuation of Detroit by the British by Detroit (Mich.) (1896)
"Knaggs' Creek into a drydock, the first on the great lakes The remains of Ives'
dock are still to be seen. Here stood for many years the last of the old ..."
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