docked has definitions from the field of nautical
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[ adjective ] (nautical) that in a dock

Examples

"a docked ship"

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

A borderline schizophrenic young man told me that to him the various theoretical concepts about which he had been expounding , in a most articulate fashion , during session after session with me , were like great cubes of almost tangibly solid matter up in the air above him ; as he spoke I was reminded of the great bales of cargo which are swung , high in the air , from a docked steamship .

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[ adjective ] (of animals) having ears or tail cut short

Synonyms

clipped

Examples

"doberman pinschers with docked tails and ears"

Related terms

animal cropped

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