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Meanings of roadstead in English

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fondeadero

A partly sheltered anchorage.

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        Usage of roadstead in English
        1
        The yacht must be safe enough lying at anchor in the roadstead.
        Phantom Fortune, a Novel
        2
        We having reached the roadstead of Cadiz, found there a Dutch fleet.
        The Boy who sailed with Blake
        3
        The harbor is very poor, being little more than an open roadstead.
        Little Journey to Puerto Rico / For Intermediate and Upper Grade...
        4
        Sagres Castle, commanding the roadstead of Cape St. Vincent, was extraordinarily strong.
        Elizabethan Sea-Dogs: A Chronicle of Drake and His Companions
        5
        A jetty pier, some two thousand yards along, extended into the roadstead.
        Around the World in Eighty Days
        6
        Indeed, this bay is the finest roadstead in the whole empire.
        Travels in Morocco, Volume 1.
        7
        Far out in the roadstead lay two cruisers, slate-gray and grim.
        The Ne'er-Do-Well
        8
        About five it returned, gentle enough, enabling us to head for the roadstead.
        The Shadow Line: A Confession
        9
        On the other side of the roadstead stood the castle and village of Denia.
        The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
        10
        We anchored in the open roadstead of Horta, half a mile from the shore.
        The Innocents Abroad
        11
        Far out in the roadstead lay the Roanoke, black smoke pouring from her stack.
        The Spoilers
        12
        The scene in that narrow roadstead was now almost infernal.
        History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
        13
        The port of Cumana is a roadstead capable of receiving the fleets of Europe.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        14
        Merchant ships were continually coming and going, or lying at anchor in the roadstead.
        Cleopatra
        15
        The roadstead, named Port Eucla, was found to afford excellent natural protection for shipping.
        Explorations in Australia / 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Lei...
        16
        Engineers are at work, now, turning the open roadstead into a spacious artificial harbor.
        The Innocents Abroad
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