2. Noun. (UK archaic or dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage. ¹
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Definition of Staithe
1. a wharf equipped for transferring coal from railroad cars into ships [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staithe
Literary usage of Staithe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1888)
"All which shews that he had no means of identifying the position of Lovell's
staithe, and thought it might be the same as ..."
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