Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roadstead"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roadstead \Road"stead\, n. [Road, 4 + stead a place.]
An anchorage off shore. Same as {Road}, 4.
Moored in the neighboring roadstead. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roadstead
n : a partly sheltered anchorage [syn: {roads}]
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