shipyard
(ˈʃɪpjɑːd)
[f. ship n.1 + yard.]
1. A large enclosure, adjoining the sea or a river, in which ships are built or repaired.
| a 1700 Evelyn Diary 17 Sept. 1685, After he had view'd the new fortifications and ship-yard. 1766 Entick 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. |
2. attrib. as shipyard eye, an epidemic form of keratoconjunctivitis caused by a virus.
| 1943 Sun (Baltimore) 17 June 13/6 The Health Department mentioned the new eye infection, shipyard eye, which appeared last winter. 1974 Jrnl. Hygiene LXXIII. 158 Because of this frequent occurrence of the disease among workers in shipyards, the term ‘shipyard eye’ was coined. |