|  dockage 
 
 1. a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
 • Syn:
 docking fee
 • Hypernyms:
 fee
 2. landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired;
 may have gates to let water in or out
 - the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late
 • Syn:
 dock, docking facility
 • Derivationally related forms:
 dock, dock (for: dock)
 • Hypernyms:
 landing, landing place
 • Hyponyms:
 dry dock, drydock, graving dock, marina
 • Part Holonyms:
 seaport, haven, harbor, harbour
 3. the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
 • Syn:
 docking, moorage, tying up
 • Derivationally related forms:
 moor (for: moorage), dock (for: docking)
 • Hypernyms:
 arrival
 
 
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