secondarybay
nounUK /ˈsekəndəri beɪ/
US /ˈsekənderi beɪ/
A smaller bay that sits next to a bigger bay.
The little boat hid from the wind in a quiet secondarybay.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A backup storage area used when the main one is full.
The warehouse used a secondarybay for overflow boxes.
3. A second loading area at a station or dock.
Trucks waited in the secondarybay until the main dock was free.
4. A lesser-known section of a library or archive.
The old maps were kept in a secondarybay behind the reading room.