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noun structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired
originEtymology tree Proto-West Germanic *slippjander. Old Saxon *slippiander. Middle Low German slippender.? Middle English slippen English slip English way English slipway From slip + way.
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