shipway

Noun

ship=way

WORDNET DICTIONARY

shipway(n = noun.artifact) slipway, ways - structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired; Array

is a part of shipyard

is a kind of construction, structure

shipway(n = noun.artifact) ship canal - a canal large enough for seagoing vessels; Array

is a kind of canal

has particulars: gota canal, panama canal, suez canal

shipway, n. a slope on which a ship is built and down which it slides to be launched.

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