Plural form of dockyard; multiple areas with facilities for building and repairing ships.
Simply the plural of 'dockyard,' adding the standard English plural '-s' suffix.
The dockyards of Europe were strategic targets in World War II—bombing dockyards was often more effective than bombing factories because it crippled the enemy's ability to replace lost ships.
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