wharfage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English wharfage; equivalent to wharf + -age.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.fɪd͡ʒ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹ.fɪd͡ʒ/
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈhwɔɹ.fɪd͡ʒ/
Noun edit
wharfage (countable and uncountable, plural wharfages)
- A dock, quay, or pier.
- Wharfs collectively.
- 1924, Saki, “The Old Town of Pskoff”, in The Square Egg and Other Sketches[1], London: John Lane, page 156:
- It is pleasant to swim well out into the stream of the river, and, with one’s chin on a level with the wide stretch of water, take in a “trout’s-eye view” of the little town, ascending in tiers of wharfage, trees, grey ramparts, more trees, and clustered roofs, with the old cathedral of the Trinity poised guardian-like above the crumbling walls of the Kremlin.
- 1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: The Coley Branch, G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 317:
- It was also pointed out wharfage and factory sites with river and canal frontage were adjoining.
- A fee charged for using a wharf.
- 1895, John Houston Merrill, The American and English Encyclopedia of Law[2], page 100:
- If the owner of goods deposited at a wharf sells them, and gives notice to the wharfinger of such sale, on tendering the wharfage then due, he is discharged from liability for future wharfage.
- 1913, United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, Water terminal and transfer facilities, page 537:
- the wharfage or shorage rates are 10 cents per cord of wood, 10 cents per thousand feet of lumber, and 1 cent per tie, and these rates do not include handling
Synonyms edit
- (all senses): dockage
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Noun edit
wharfage (uncountable) (rare)
Descendants edit
- English: wharfage
References edit
- “wharfāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-12-12.