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Dockland meaning
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
Example sentences (4)
Formerly a thriving tidal dockland, famous for exporting Welsh coal to the world, the area is now a vibrant waterfront surrounding the shore of a stunning freshwater lake.
Excitement has been growing in Goole with filming for a new Peaky Blinders movie apparently taking place in the town’s dockland.
Although most of the old Dockland wharfs and warehouses have been demolished, some have been restored and converted into flats.
The main dockland areas were originally low-lying marshes, mostly unsuitable for agriculture and lightly populated.