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| bitt |
a similar low post on a wharf or dock; bollard. [1/3 definitions] |
| bollard |
any of the thick stout posts on a wharf or pier, to which the mooring lines of vessels are attached. [1/2 definitions] |
| dock1 |
a wharf or pier, the water bounded by two piers, or such water area together with the piers around it. [1/8 definitions] |
| embarcadero |
a place on the edge of a body of water where a boat can land, such as a wharf. |
| groin |
a small wharf or jetty constructed to protect the shoreline from erosion. [1/4 definitions] |
| jetty1 |
a pier built for docking ships; wharf. [1/2 definitions] |
| pier |
a structure built out from land and extending some distance over water, that is often used for docking boats; wharf. [1/2 definitions] |
| quay |
a pier, wharf, or other structure built along a shore for landing, loading, and unloading boats or ships. |
| roustabout |
a manual laborer on a wharf or ship's deck; longshoreman or deckhand. [1/3 definitions] |
| wharf |
to dock (a ship) at a wharf. [3/4 definitions] |
| wharfage |
the use of a wharf or the fee charged for such use. [1/2 definitions] |
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