docked

verbland on the waterfront

Word Origin & History

"ship's berth," late 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German docke, perhaps ultimately (via Late Latin *ductia "aqueduct") from Latin ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)); or possibly from a Scandinavian word for "low ground" (cf. Norwegian dokk "hollow, low ground"). Original sense perhaps "furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank." As a verb from 1510s. Related: Docked; docking.

Example Sentences for docked

We had docked her twice in London, and it had done her good.

She was a slim girl, with a lot of auburn hair which was docked.

And not a man or a woman was docked or dropped from the payroll.

They expected to arrive to-morrow but caught the transport and docked yesterday.

Unlike most of its brethren, it has but a short, hairy tail, looking as if it had been docked.

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