shipyardn.
/ˈʃɪpjɑːd/, U.S. /ˈʃɪpˌjɑrd/ A large enclosure, adjoining the sea or a river, in which ships are built or repaired.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun]
boat haw1598
shipyard1685
boatyard1708
1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 473 After his Majestie had viewed the new Fortifications, & Ship-yard.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 439 Blackwall is noted..for a considerable ship-yard.
1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 76 The antiquated labour system of the wooden era would not transplant nor take root in the iron shipyards.
1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 56 The Clyde..is a river of ship-yards.
Compounds
shipyard eye n. an epidemic form of keratoconjunctivitis caused by a virus.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > [noun] > conjunctivitis or ophthalmitis > types of
psorophthalmia1585
psorophthalmy1656
xerophthalmia1656
ophthalmia neonatorum1835
photophobophthalmia1842
sun blight1848
sand-blight1852
sandy blight1869
blepharoconjunctivitis1890
pink-eye1897
klieg eyes1923
bung eye1933
shipyard eye1943
red-eye1952
1943 Sun (Baltimore) 17 June 13/6 The Health Department mentioned the new eye infection, shipyard eye, which appeared last winter.
1974 Jrnl. Hygiene 73 158 Because of this frequent occurrence of the disease among workers in shipyards, the term ‘shipyard eye’ was coined.
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