balance dock

noun

A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.

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Meanings

nounbalance dock (plural balance docks)

plural balance docks

  1. A kind of floating dock which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers.
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