Definitions
maneuver into a dock
Word origin
From Middle English dokke, from Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ (compare Old Danish dokke (“water-dock”), West Flemish dokke, dokkebladeren (“coltsfoot, butterbur”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”) (compare Latvian duga (“scum, slime on water”)).
Used in a sentence
“And vnder neath him his courageous ſteed, / The fierce Spumador trode them downe like docks […]”
“The Dock is about 1 inch thick, and two inches broad, like an Apothecaries Spatule. Of what length the whole, is uncertain, this being only part of it, though it looks as if cut off near the Buttock”
“And on a Cuſhion ſtuffed with Flocks, / She clapt her dainty pair of Docks.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Boat-tying platform”4 letters
02“Platform at a marina”4 letters
03“Platform beside water”4 letters
04“Platform where boats stop”4 letters
05“Waterside platform”4 letters
06“Boat landing place”4 letters
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