The act of mooring a ship to a wharf.
The Romans came by ship and saw the entry of the river as port for docking at Dover
As far as I know that is an anti-Irish urban legend.
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a station for docking your camera
In older days it may have been more important to load from the left side of the ship (larboard. Now port side), now with the advent of large cranes the ship side may not be as important as the docking and un-docking due to its size. Stability also plays a big importance in the proper loading.
Robert Docking was born on 1925-10-09.
A ship can be 'on' a berth, which means is is moored (tied up) alongside a specific place called a berth in the dock. Or a berth is also used to describe a place for a crew member on board ship.
Alfred Docking was born in 1860.
Alfred Docking died in 1938.
Docking the Boat was created in 1965.
Trevor Docking was born in 1952.