a wharf at which cargoes of wood are landed or shipped.

= jetty head n. at jetty, n. compounds 2: see quot. 1750.

an elevated wharf with a chute or coal drop for loading ships with coal; see staithe, n. 2.

a part of a wharf which projects from it; esp. one which forms the side of a dry or wet dock.

a quay or wharf at which cargo could be shipped or landed under a sufferance (see 6f).

a wharf at which coal is loaded into vessels by a trunk or shoot.

(a) U.S. a boat supporting a platform and moored at a bank, used as a wharf; (b) a boat employed about a wharf.