Dockside

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The area near a dock, or next to a docked ship.

    "On the other side of the road the double track admits to a complicated rail network totalling some 78 miles of dockside track that carries more express passenger traffic than any other completely unsignalled layout in the country, in addition to a huge tonnage of freight."

  2. 2
    the region adjacent to a boat dock wordnet

Example

More examples

"On the other side of the road the double track admits to a complicated rail network totalling some 78 miles of dockside track that carries more express passenger traffic than any other completely unsignalled layout in the country, in addition to a huge tonnage of freight."

Etymology

From dock + -side.

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