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concrete in Shipbuilding. (See quot. 1850.)
Shipbuilding. An inclined plane, sloping gradually down to the water, on which ships or other vessels are built or repaired.
(a) a way or bed on which ships are built or laid for examination; (b) a ship-canal.
a slip (see slip, n.3 1b) on which vessels are built.
= slip, n.3 1b. Also figurative, the road to disaster or destruction.