wharfingn.
/ˈhwɔːfɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > accommodation at
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1466–7 Mann. & 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 seawalls, etc., by planks secured by ties.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for specific constructions
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > structure or materials of
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment > work consisting of
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking
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1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxviii To go into the Thames..will cost a Man 300 l. with the slighter sort of Wharfing.
a1700 J. Evelyn Sylva (1776) i. ii. 49 A..strong stone-wall, which was a kind of wharfing against a river running by it.
1724 D. Defoe Tour Great 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.
1791 R. Mylne 2nd Rep. Navigation Thames 7 An old Wharfing, bent over into the Stream, which formerly supported a Parish Road along the Shore.
1809 Naval Chron. 23 81 The destruction of the wharfing of the basin.
1897 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 3rd Ser. 8 612 Wharfing along the sides with short posts and rough boards.
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