Usage of "dry dock" | TermGallery

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A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline.

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Examples for "drydock"

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Examples for "drydock"

Then more and more, and soon he had his own drydock. 
 Speaks the Nightbird 

Can't fix those ducts properly without putting the ship in a full drydock. 
 The Complete Alien Omnibus 

They are constantly kept in repair each winter when laid up in drydock. 
 The new yorker 

The captain promised to take a message to the drydock. 
 The new yorker 

His pal was on an aircraft carrier that was in drydock getting a new scientific deck. 
 The new yorker 

In November 1800 the new graving dock, near the bridge, was opened for the reception of vessels. 
 Men of Invention and Industry 

Include medium-heavy dismounting tools, below the graving dock size, but heavy enough to handle any job less drastic. 
 Cities in Flight 

History was marked at Dublin Port on Monday when tall ship Jeanie Johnston floated out of its graving dock. 
 The Irish Times 

Seaton carried this intelligence directly to Lloyds' agent; he overhauled the ship, and ordered her into the graving dock for repairs. 
 Foul Play 

He reclaimed some land from the sea, and made a shipyard and graving dock on what was known as Corporation Ground. 
 Men of Invention and Industry 

Uso de dry dock en inglés

In 1961 it was raised, refloated and moved to a dry dock. 
 BBC 

His mouth opened and closed like a fish on a dry dock. 
 Latte trouble 

The engineers visited the Scotia, which was put in dry dock. 
 Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea 

We won't build the dry dock until we've taken the ship. 
 Winter’s Tale 

He told me he would send her into dry dock to-day. 
 The Root of Evil 

But it was returned to dry dock immediately after its first voyage to sea. 
 News.com.au 

The clock has been in dry dock since the Liffey Swim 10 days ago. 
 The Irish Times 

On Thursday morning, they successfully forced the Fennica to return to a dry dock. 
 Reuters 

The carrier was immediately placed within the same dry dock it was built in. 
 News.com.au 

Another NITC tanker, Alert, is currently in a dry dock in Oman for repairs. 
 Reuters 

Blast put a tug in dry dock for seventeen weeks. 
 The Complete Alien Omnibus 

It's a mother ship for submarines-sortof floatin' dry dock for the little sneakers. 
 The Cruise of the Dry Dock 

It was estimated a new dry dock in Picton could create more than 100 jobs. 
 Radio NZ 

When the end was coming, they must have put hundreds of ships into dry dock. 
 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang 

The engineers then proceeded to inspect the Scotia, which had been put in dry dock. 
 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th... 

The Fram had been in dry dock, where the hull was thoroughly coated with composition. 
 The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition... 