BOATYARD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of boatyard in English

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I intervene because there is in my constituency a boatyard which might be affected by the grants to be made for fishing vessels and engines.
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I have a boatyard in my constituency which has recently run into trouble.
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The answer will depend on the boatyard, the size of ship and the like, but small boats are unlikely to qualify under any plywood exemption.
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The boatyard was a secure compound, and about 20 boats were kept there on trailers.
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This should have reached all boatyards and harbour authorities.
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A boatyard has been constructed at which improved fishing craft are being built.
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I shall ensure that this guidance also is sent to all boatyards and harbour authorities.
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For instance, one small boatyard in my constituency has already closed.
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The construction of this vessel was a commercial transaction between the buyer—the fisherman—and the seller—the boatyard.
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It is about to embark on a big one in a former boatyard.
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Unhappily, the result is that order books in the four boatyards in my constituency are thinly occupied, if order books can be thinly occupied.
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We must ensure that our boatyards, on which the industry depends for repairs and alterations, are kept functioning.
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The boatyards will close down.
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That means that there must be a minimum of new boat orders going into the boatyards, so that they can play their part in the restructuring that must come.
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Does it refer to boatyards as well as to slipways used by fishermen in the maintenance of their craft and by small boat builders and fishing boat repairers?
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Translations of boatyard

in Chinese (Traditional)
船廠,船塢…
in Chinese (Simplified)
船厂,船坞…
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