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Definition of Staith
1. n. A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
Definition of Staith
1. a wharf [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staith
Literary usage of Staith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notices Relative to the Early History of the Town and Port of Hull by Charles Frost (1827)
"g The word " staith," which is not in frequent use, is derived from the Saxon
... buildings on the River Hull, there occur, in addition to King's staith and ..."
2. A Home Tour Through the Manufacturing Districts of England, in the Summer of by George Head (1836)
"... appearances certainly indicate its thriving condition ; the new south dock is
already thrown open, and the staith basin is a striking picture of the ..."
3. The Gallery of Portraits: With Memoirs by Arthur Thomas Malkin (1833)
"... of good esteem in their rank of life, apprenticed him when not thirteen years
of age to a haberdasher at the fishing town of staith, near Whitby. ..."
4. Inventions, Improvements, and Practice of Benjamin Thompson, in the Combined by Benjamin Thompson (1847)
"A COAL staith. Figure 7, Plate I, is the transverse section, and Fig. 8, die
ground plan, of a coal staith, or depot, which I erected at Wallsend, ..."
5. The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham by Robert Surtees (1908)
"'s coal and cinder staith below Newbridge, Hill's cinder staith in Pelow
grounds (belonging ... On the South side, Dalton's cinder staith, Henry Lambton's, ..."
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