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Noun(1) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

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(1) I am told that a fisherman of more than 70 summers was repairing his boat on the slipway of a little Northern port much used by divers.(2) Other suggestions included a facility for boat repair, a slipway , more car parking in the area and a small boat marina.(3) Alexander was unattainable for he took command of moving the ship down the makeshift slipway toward the tidal flats.(4) Strong winds and low tides kept the ship on the slipway for an extra 24 hours.(5) As such, there was no conventional dynamic launch down a slipway .(6) The boats are launched from a slipway into the island's precarious harbour, steered through lulls in the surf and out to passing ships to trade or to load freight.(7) For launching use the slipway at Falmouth Watersports Centre or take off from the beach at Maenporth or Porthoustock, on the Lizard.(8) We dragged our kayaks down the slipway in to the water and got in.(9) One by one they were released into the River Stour from the jetty by the sailing club near the slipway at Quay Street.(10) When finished, Titanic Quarter hopes to include offices, shops, a maritime museum and, beside the old slipway , a building that will tell the Titanic story.(11) The launch took place on a slipway at Windermere Marina Village.(12) Penzance harbour has an excellent slipway for launching, with a large car park adjacent (fees charged for both).(13) At the moment crews launch their boat on the public slipway in Tolsey Lane and take it through the lock to reach the Severn.(14) Extending the pier, providing extra slipways and an off-shore marina acceptable to residents, are all part of ambitious plans submitted for funding.(15) I am here concerned mainly with claims for damage caused by the deposit of silt on the bed of the river in sufficient quantities to interfere with navigation and the use of facilities such as slipways and moorings.(16) Far fewer boats will enter the water using slipways , the meeting heard, so those boat owners who do not go elsewhere for their leisure will have to pay more, up from u00a36 to u00a310 for smaller vessels.