Толковый словарь английского языка - wharf
Wharf
wharf
noun (plural wharves; also ~s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwearf embankment, ~; akin to Old English hweorfan to turn, Old High German hwerban, Greek karpos wrist Date: before 12th century a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers, the bank of a river or the shore of the sea
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n. & v. --n. (pl. wharves or wharfs) a level quayside area to which a ship may be moved to load and unload. --v.tr. 1 moor (a ship) at a wharf. 2 store (goods) on a wharf. Etymology: OE hwearf ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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