groundway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In shipbuilding, a substantial foundation of wood or stone for the blocks on which a vessel is built.

Word forms

groundway groundways

Etymology

From Middle English *groundway, from Old English grundwæġ (“earth, world”).

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