OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19417

wharf

/ˈwɔːf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
embarcadero • muelle
An artificial landing place for ships on a riverbank or shore.
Commerce pushes its wharves into the sea.
Out upon the wharfs they came, / Knight and burgher, lord and dame, / And round the prow they read her name, / The Lady of Shalott.
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