| 单词 | sufferance wharf |
| 释义 | > as lemmassufferance wharf sufferance wharf n. a quay or wharf at which cargo could be shipped or landed under a sufferance (see 6f). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > types of wood-wharf1279 jutty-head1559 coal wharf1655 coal staithe1708 jetty head1731 sufferance wharf1774 trunk-staithe1789 wharf-boat1849 sufferance quay1882 1774 Hull Dock Act 33 The first sufferance quay or wharf shall be erected. 1784 in Rep. Comm. H. Comm. (1803) XIV. 541 The petition of Mr. David Griffin, wharfinger, praying that a wharf purchased by him..may be used as a sufferance wharf. 1796 W. Vaughan Exam. 7 Coasters generally load and discharge at Sufferance-Wharfs; some few of them at the Legal Quays. 1838 in R. Ellis Laws & Pract. Regulations Customs (1840) IV. 271 Landing-surveyor at legal quays to attend at sufferance wharfs for approval of values on application being made. < as lemmas |
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