dockize, v.
(ˈdɒkaɪz)
[f. dock n.3 + -ize.]
trans. To transform (a river) into a range of docks. Hence ˈdockized ppl. a., ˈdockizing vbl. n.
| 1877 A. Forrow Thames & its Docks 61 Could the good people of Bristol be induced to dockise that very erratic stream. 1881 Nature XXIV. 17 The process called ‘dockising’, or damming a river at its mouth. 1891 Pall Mall G. 2 Dec. 5/9 The proposed ‘dockized’ portion. |
So dockiˈzation, conversion into docks.
| 1893 De Ridder (title) Dockization v. docks. Letter..to the Mayor..of Bristol. 1895 Chamb. Jrnl. 140 The dockisation scheme..a proposal to construct a dam across the mouth of the Avon. |