roadstead
- noun
- /ˈroʊdˌstɛd/
- Specialized
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fondeadero
- O'Brien, then, when we were anchored in the roadstead off Antofagasta, with its barren red mountain and the great blaze of white that said "Gloria a O'Higgins," O'Brien put a question to Harry: "What's it like to make love with the same woman all the time?"
Examples
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(1) Passage means navigation through the territorial sea for the purpose of: (a) traversing that sea without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or port facility outside internal waters; or (b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at such roadstead or port facility.
Academic text (2017) -
So we find our heavenly roadstead charted with its various coasts and bays—how the land falls.
Fiction book (1991) -
Already many ships lie in the narrow roadstead, and it requires the fine art of navigation to slip our boat's huge bulk into her berth between two of these and make her fast to her own particular buoy.
Blog text (22) -
At two o'clock, we drop anchor in the roadstead amid a great host of shipping of all character and nations—twenty-three.
Blog text (22) -
(1) Passage means navigation through the territorial sea for the purpose of: (a) traversing that sea without entering internal waters or calling at a roadstead or port facility outside internal waters; or (b) proceeding to or from internal waters or a call at such roadstead or port facility.
Academic text (2017) -
The fisherman anchored his boat in the protected roadstead to wait for the storm to pass.
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Many vessels seek refuge in the roadstead during rough weather before heading into the harbor.
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As we sailed into the roadstead, we could see several ships safely moored, sheltered from the wind.
Synonyms
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A partly protected area of water near the shore where ships can anchor
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Etymology
The word roadstead comes from road and stead, where stead means 'place' like in homestead or instead, and road here means a route or riding spot for ships near the shore. So a roadstead is a 'place' where ships can anchor close to the coast, but it is not as protected as a full harbor.