Full record for space-dock n.

Definition	a dock for space ships
OED requirements	antedating 1938
Earliest cite	Raymond Z. Gallun, 'Hotel Cosmos'
Comment	Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Ursula Le Guin's "The Word for World is Forest"; Jeff Prucher verified it in the 1972 first printing. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from an undated reprint of Harry Walton's "Schedule"; Mike Christie verified the cite in the 1945 first appearance. Ralf Brown located a cite in an etext of David Weber's "Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington", and Malcolm Farmer submitted a 2002 cite from a printed copy. Fred Galvin submitted a 1947 cite from "The Big Night" by Hudson Hastings [pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore] Fred Galvin submitted a 1946 cite from "The Solar Invasion" by Manly Wade Wellman. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1978 reprint of Raymond Z. Gallun's "Hotel Cosmos"which Mike Christie verified in its first print publication (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1938)
Last modified	9 December, 2009

Citations for space-dock n.

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1947 ‘H. Hastings’ Big Night in Thrilling Wonder Stories June 43/1	What were you doing around the space-docks?
1972 U. K. Le Guin The Word for World is Forest in H. Ellison Again, Dangerous Visions 37	He saw the golden tower of the space-dock at Central.
1986 D. Carey Battlestations! x. 214	Several weeks in spacedock would realign Enterprise 's delicate nacelle balance.
1989 J. M. Dillard Lost Years i. 15	Jim Kirk sat in the captain's chair on the bridge and watched as Spacedock gradually grew larger, rotating slowly on its axis.
1993 D. Carey Great Starship Race i. 36	They're in spacedock or box docks, being mechanically deprived of hardware advantages.
1995 D. Carey & J.I. Kirkland First Frontier i. vii. 69	Mr. Spock‥where are the space docks?