roadstead
noun
road·stead
ˈrōd-ˌsted 
: a place less enclosed than a harbor where ships may ride at anchor
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Two light cruisers and the USS Utah lay off its starboard bow, and Battleship Row, the famed but vulnerable roadstead for the Navy’s mightiest, was on the other side of Ford Island.
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
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Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
The Anzio roadstead was thick with Allied ships, but the Germans owned the skies.
—Bartle Bull, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2020
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“Roadstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadstead. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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roadstead
noun
road·stead
ˈrōd-ˌsted
: a place less enclosed than a harbor where ships may ride at anchor
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