Usually means: Ramps for launching boats into water.
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  1. slipways: Merriam-Webster
  2. slipways: Collins English Dictionary
  3. slipways: Vocabulary.com
  4. slipways: Wordnik
  5. slipways: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. slipways: Wiktionary
  7. slipways: Dictionary.com
  8. Slipways: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Slipways: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Slipways: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slipway)

noun:  (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
noun:  A slip road.
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