Usage of "graving dock"

португальский

испанский

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

Construction dock.

Синонимы

Examples for "drydock"

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 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 

Использование термина graving dock на английском

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 

The keel was laid in traditional fashion but the ship was then constructed from prefabricated sections welded together in the graving dock. 
 Wired 

Floating docks were added, as well as graving docks for large vessels. 
 The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer / With an Introductor... 

Graving Dock at Levi, first stone laid; dimensions of. 
 Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 

Incidentally, the graving docks around here are a mess. 
 Cities in Flight 

The Thompson Graving Dock was the last place Titanic rested on dry land and it is virtually unchanged since 1911. 
 The South African 

Translations for graving dock

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Значения термина graving dock на английском