dockominiumn.
/ˌdɒkəˈmɪnɪəm/ U.S.
Any of a number of privately owned landing-stages at a marina, etc.; also, a waterfront condominium with a private mooring.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place > landing-stage > privately owned
dockominium1981
1981 Boating Industry Jan. 105/2 When Marine Conversions, Inc. took over the prospering Skyline Nautical Yacht Basin in Dania, Fla., they renamed it Harbour Towne Marina at Dania, and instituted the ‘dockominium’ concept.
1984 N.Y. Times 6 May viii. 14/1 A development such as Oyster River Landing, with its private slips just a few steps from the front door, can be a powerful inducement to live on the water year-round... Such projects, known informally as ‘dockominiums’, have become very popular in many waterfront communities throughout the metropolitan area.
1985 New Yorker 29 Apr. 75/1 The folks at Maximo Moorings would sell you a boat slip called a ‘dockominium’.
1986 New Yorker 12 May 32/3 A large marina, the Newport City Yacht Club, and ‘dockaminiums’.
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