Slip dock

a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship.
See under Dock.

See also: Dock, Slip

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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