01 a. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
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Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.“Even then she expressed her scorn for the lubbery executioner's mode of tying a knot, and did it herself in a shipshape orthodox manner.” — De Quincey.“Keep everything shipshape, for I must go” — Tennyson.