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English
Etymology
From slip + way.
Noun
slipway (plural slipways)
- (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
- Synonym: building-slip
- A slip road.
2002, Michael Smout, Merseyside Meanders, page 98:Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.
2019, Declan Lyons, Cycling the Canal de la Garonne: From Bordeaux to Toulouse, page 48:Cross a motorway slipway – there are no traffic lights. Then cross a major junction. Keep the motorway on your left.
Translations
sloping surface
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: قَزَق (ʔazaʔ)
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- French: cale (fr) f, cale sèche (fr) f
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