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1. A fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
   - docking fee
    
2. Landing in a harbour next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
   - dock, docking facility
    
3. The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
   - docking, moorage, tying up

Derived forms: dockages

Type of: arrival, fee, landing, landing place

Part of: harbor [N. Amer], harbour [Brit, Cdn], haven, seaport

Encyclopedia: Dockage