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  • noun Plural form of dockyard.

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Examples

  • _Alabama_, designed to prey on the Northern commerce, were being built and fitted by English shipbuilders in English dockyards under the direction of the Southern foe, while the English Government could not decide if it were legally competent for Her Majesty's Ministers to interfere and detain such vessels.

    Great Britain and Her Queen Annie E. Keeling

  • ([Greek: pêm epi pêmati]) [72] the shields take the form of iron ships, with apparatus "for defence against liquid fire," -- as I see by latest accounts they are now arranging the decks in English dockyards -- they become costly biers enough for the grey convoy of chief mourner waves, wreathed with funereal foam, to bear back the dead upon; the massy shoulders of those corpse-bearers being intended for quite other work, and to bear the living, and food for the living, if we would let them.

    The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859

  • It is not the primary purpose of ships to run aground or even to be laid up in dockyards.

    The Present Position of the Imperial Problem 1913

  • The navy was also beefing up its infrastructure such as dockyards and simulators in order to use the new equipment to their full potential.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • As noted in a recent Economist article, the city's investment arm, Liverpool Vision has established an office in Shanghai and developers are looking for Chinese investment to rejuvenate Liverpool's dockyards with plans including a 60-story 'Shanghai tower.'

    Andrea Ragnetti: Asia: Economic Impact of Culture? Andrea Ragnetti 2011

  • As noted in a recent Economist article, the city's investment arm, Liverpool Vision has established an office in Shanghai and developers are looking for Chinese investment to rejuvenate Liverpool's dockyards with plans including a 60-story 'Shanghai tower.'

    Andrea Ragnetti: Asia: Economic Impact of Culture? Andrea Ragnetti 2011

  • Following the spread of the secret, sprang up great activity in all the dockyards, arsenals, and navy-yards.

    THE UNPARALLELED INVASION 2010

  • After five years working clerk jobs at the New York Daily News, Mr. D became a dockyards deliveryman then set sail as a merchant seaman.

    Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Meetup Master Nancy Ruhling 2011

  • The Mavi Marmara has been in Istanbul dockyards for three months undergoing repairs.

    Turkish Ship Shuns New Gaza Flotilla Marc Champion 2011

  • As noted in a recent Economist article, the city's investment arm, Liverpool Vision has established an office in Shanghai and developers are looking for Chinese investment to rejuvenate Liverpool's dockyards with plans including a 60-story 'Shanghai tower.'

    Andrea Ragnetti: Asia: Economic Impact of Culture? Andrea Ragnetti 2011

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