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wharfing|ˈhwɔːfɪŋ|
[f. wharf n.1 + -ing1.]
†1. = wharfage 1, 2. Obs. rare.
1466–7Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 392 Item, fore warffenge at the keye, ob.
2. A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; the facing of sea-walls, etc. by planks secured by ties.
1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. lxxviii, To go into the Thames..will cost a Man 300 l. with the slighter sort of Wharfing. a1700Evelyn Sylva i. ii. (1776) 49 A..strong stone-wall, which was a kind of wharfing against a river running by it. 1724De Foe Tour Gt. Brit. I. iii. 87 The Mill Tayl, or Floor for the Water below the Wheels is Wharft up on either Side with Stone,..at the End of this Wharfing is a Grating of Wood. 1791R. Mylne 2nd Rep. Thames 7 An old Wharfing, bent over into the Stream, which formerly supported a Parish Road along the Shore. 1809Naval Chron. XXIII. 81 The destruction of the wharfing of the basin. 1897Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. Dec. 612 Wharfing along the sides with short posts and rough boards. |