noun🔗ShareHellingA sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched."The boat builders used the slipway to carefully lower the new fishing boat into the water. "Die Bootsbauer nutzten die Helling, um das neue Fischerboot vorsichtig ins Wasser zu lassen.nauticalarchitecturebuildingindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading