dry dock

As a storm approaches, the two main navigation gates will float and swing out of dry docks to close the channel.

For convenience in holding the boat when it is out of the water, make a dry dock as shown in the drawing.

A careful measurement was made in the dry dock, and all was found correct.

He had her temporarily repaired, under his own directions, at Port Mahon, but went to Toulon to have her put in dry dock.

The steamer was then put into dry dock, cut in two and the parts slid apart.

Chicora was put in dry dock at Kingston in the winter of 1904 and largely replated at an expense of $37,000.