dockyard
n. countable B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈdɑkˌjɑɹd// UK //dˈɒkjɑːd// dock·yard
n. a place where ships are built, repaired, or kept. It usually has a dry area where the ship can be lifted out of the water for work.
n. a facility for the building, maintenance, and repair of ships. Often includes a dry dock for lifting vessels out of the water.
The workers are busy repairing the old ship at the dockyard.
The local economy relies heavily on the dockyard, which provides thousands of jobs for shipbuilders and engineers.
Historically, the national dockyard served as a strategic hub for the navy, housing everything from shipwrights to blacksmiths who maintained the fleet during wartime.
From dock + yard.