DOCK

dock,n.1.  A  structure  that  encloses  water,  often  between  two  piers,  in  which  ships  are

received  for  loading,  unloading,  safekeeping,  or  repair.  [Cases: Wharves    4.  C.J.S. Wharves §§

1–2,  4–5.]  2.  The  part of  a  warehouse  or  other  building  (usu.  elevated  with  oversized  doors)  at

which  trucks  are  received  for  loading  and  unloading.  3.English  law.  In  a  criminal  court,  the

enclosure in  which the prisoner is  placed  during trial <it was through  his  own  deliberate  choice

that Mr. Bourne found  himself in the  dock at the Old Bailey, charged with a felony>. See BAIL

DOCK. [Blacks Law 8th]