Definition of "slipway"

slipway

noun
plural slipways
1. (nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
2. A slip road.
  Quotations
  Immediately beyond the 'No entrance' sign onto the motorway slipway, turn right down the bank.
  2002, Michael Smout, Merseyside Meanders, page 98
  Cross a motorway slipway – there are no traffic lights. Then cross a major junction. Keep the motorway on your left.
  2019, Declan Lyons, Cycling the Canal de la Garonne: From Bordeaux to Toulouse, page 48