[slip-wey] 
| 1. | (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located. |
| 2. | marine railway. |
| 3. | a ramp on a factory ship for hauling aboard carcasses of whales for processing. |
| a railway having a rolling cradle for hauling ships out of water onto land and returning them. |
| slip·way (slĭp'wā') n. A sloping surface leading down to the water, on which ships are built or repaired. |
