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View synonyms for roadstead

roadstead

[ rohd-sted ]

noun

, Nautical.


roadstead

/ ˈrəʊdˌstɛd /

noun

  1. See road
    nautical another word for road


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roadstead1

First recorded in 1325–75, roadstead is from the Middle English word radestede. See road, stead

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Example Sentences

If we leave Philippeville in the evening, we find ourselves next morning in the handsome roadstead of Bona.

By the seventh day the yacht was off the Palestine coast, and Joppa, seated on her cliffs, appeared over a foaming roadstead.

Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.

He soon advanced abreast of her, and could get glimpses of her profile against the roadstead lights.

Our first gift to you, as your galley came into the roadstead, was the head of your rival for the empire of the world.

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