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Ship Railway
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
A railway on which to transport vessels overland between bodies of water.
(2):
An inclined railway running into the water with a cradelike car on which a vessel may be drawn out on land, as for repairs.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ship Railway'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/ship-railway.html. 1828.