ˈshipwards,adv.rare. [See -ward.] To or towards the ship.[c1400Beryn 1999 He set hym in ful purpose to his Shippis ward.1587Turberv.Trag. Tales 87 b, To the shipwarde on they went.]1845E. Warburton Crescent & Cross I. 28 Conversing with some of the natives as I rode shipwards.