quay
a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.
Origin of quay
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Other words from quay
- quaylike, adjective
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Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
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How to use quay in a sentence
There, right on the quay on lot 36, were ship’s Captain Joseph Lazou and Marie Louise Balivet, passenger number 178.
Deported From France as Convicts, These Women Helped Build New Orleans | Joan DeJean | April 26, 2022 | TimeAs Chan’s co-presenter, quay, put it in his presentation, which covered similar ground, no “innocent” virologist would commit such oversights.
They called it a conspiracy theory. But Alina Chan tweeted life into the idea that the virus came from a lab. | Antonio Regalado | June 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewSteve Garth, who works in Circular quay, was inside the Cartier jewelry store near the café when the siege began.
Jihadi Siege in Sydney Ends in Gunfight | Courtney Subramanian, Lennox Samuels, Chris Allbritton | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Mob ran wild, using the local Teamsters to run casinos in Las Vegas and bombing buildings along the River quay.
On my last day but one I crossed to the Giudecca and ran into him on the quay.
In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.It also authorised the construction and maintenance, as p. 150part of such railways, of any pier, quay or jetty.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowWhen Skipper Worse reached the market quay he met with a sad disappointment.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandIn 1821 and the years following, one of them ran a little shop on the quay des Grands-Augustins, and purchased Lousteau's books.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThe destroyers were still coaling, and a small cargo was being taken off the boat at the quay.
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British Dictionary definitions for quay
/ (kiː) /
a wharf, typically one built parallel to the shoreline: Compare pier (def. 1)
Origin of quay
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