1. inclined surfaces or tracks along which ships are built or launched into water
Usage: nautical; plural form of slipway

Examples

• The new destroyer slid down the slipways into the harbor.
• Workers prepared the slipways for the ship’s launch ceremony.
• The shipyard has three slipways for building different vessels.
• Ice formed on the slipways during the winter months.
• The cruise ship was constructed on one of the largest slipways in the facility.
• Engineers inspected the slipways before the scheduled launch.