quayside
the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
the edge of a quay where it meets the water.
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How to use quayside in a sentence
I edged away from him without being observed, and dodged into the fruit bazaar among the quayside streets to right of the bridge.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan BottDavies just threw the kedge over, and it just got a grip in time to check our momentum and save our bowsprit from the quayside.
The Riddle of the Sands | Erskine ChildersMany of the trains were run directly to the quayside; in other cases the soldiers marched through the streets.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottEvery one called him Ogmund Dint, even the boys who played about on the quayside.
Frey and His Wife | Maurice Henry HewlettCrates lined up on the quayside at Jaffa, chap ticking them off in a book, navvies handling them barefoot in soiled dungarees.
Ulysses | James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for quayside
/ (ˈkiːˌsaɪd) /
the edge of a quay along the water
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