quayside

[ kee-sahyd, key-, kwee- ]

noun

1. the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
2. the edge of a quay where it meets the water.

quayside

/ ˈkiːˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the edge of a quay along the water

Example Sentences

I edged away from him without being observed, and dodged into the fruit bazaar among the quayside streets to right of the bridge.

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Davies just threw the kedge over, and it just got a grip in time to check our momentum and save our bowsprit from the quayside.

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Many of the trains were run directly to the quayside; in other cases the soldiers marched through the streets.

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Every one called him Ogmund Dint, even the boys who played about on the quayside.

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Crates lined up on the quayside at Jaffa, chap ticking them off in a book, navvies handling them barefoot in soiled dungarees.

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