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Sliding ways

Scope note

Heavy timbers in a slipway, which slide down the ground ways when a vessel is being launched..

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262966

Broader Terms used

<shipyard structure components>

Equivalent Terms used

sliding way

Created

13yrs ago

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