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Dry-dock   /draɪ-dɑk/   Listen
Dry-dock

verb
1.
Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock.  Synonym: drydock.






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"Dry-dock" Quotes from Famous Books



... said of him down at the quay. "Born and bred here, man and boy. He's not likely to put her into a Thames dry-dock ...
— The Last Hope • Henry Seton Merriman

... up pursuit of the enemy, the British withdrew. Damage to the various vessels was repaired as well as could be done at sea and the ships in need of a more thorough overhauling steamed for England, where they would go into dry-dock. The bulk of the British fleet, however, still in perfect fighting trim, again took up the task of patrolling the North Sea, that no German vessels might make their escape from the fortress of Heligoland, for which point ...
— The Boy Allies at Jutland • Robert L. Drake



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