Denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships: from French, or from obsolete Italian ''arzanale'', based on Arabic ''dār-aṣ-ṣinā῾a'', from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā῾a ‘[[art]], [[industry]]’ (from ṣana῾a ‘make, fabricate’) or a house of manufacture. | Denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships: from French, or from obsolete Italian ''arzanale'', based on Arabic ''dār-aṣ-ṣinā῾a'', from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā῾a ‘[[art]], [[industry]]’ (from ṣana῾a ‘make, fabricate’) or a house of manufacture. |