Meanings
adverbshipwards (not comparable)
- not comparableTowards a ship.
But the boat was afloat, and with a hearty shove on the part of the navy and some hearty thanks on ours we were sent flying shipwards.
1929, Blackwood's Magazine
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
- Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*skipą
- Proto-West Germanic*skip
- Old Englishscip
- Middle Englishschip
- Englishship
- Englishshipwards
Cite this entry
APA
shipwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipwards
MLA
“shipwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipwards. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shipwards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shipwards.
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