DCHP-1 Online
shiptime North 
n. the time that the supply ship arrives in the summer after break-up (def. 1).
See also: break-up (def. 1)
- 1778 (1954) I shall be ready to go up again as soon as the River breaks up and to be down again at Ship time so that I may have an opportunity of knowing what is the Companys Intentions in regard to this settlement.
- 1938 I can well remember my first "ship-time" the following year, when the Nascopie was so late we had given her up.
- 1951 All at once I found myself in the midst of that great gala of the Eastern Arctic, "ship-time."
- 1956 Time to plan the spring work--but why do that; shiptime is far away and now is really the time for that rest.
- 1778 (1954) I shall be ready to go up again as soon as the River breaks up and to be down again at Ship time so that I may have an opportunity of knowing what is the Companys Intentions in regard to this settlement.