dockside

American

[dok-sahyd] / ˈdɒkˌsaɪd /

noun

land or area adjoining a dock.

We were at the dockside to greet them.

adjective

pertaining to or located at or near a dockside.

dockside warehouses; a dockside fire.

Etymology

Origin of dockside

First recorded in 1885–90; dock ¹ + side ¹

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"Human dignity has no passport," he said on the dockside before blessing a faded blue cross made of wood from a boat that migrants arrived on.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

The Boathouse also has a sunny dockside bar on a wooden deck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

In a meticulously crafted stop-motion world of gritty dockside poverty, a starving waif discovers the neglected girl in a shabby home weeps not teardrops but pearls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

Mr Head's regular dockside run sees him pass the famous Brunel Buttery café, where he is well-known.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

Ernest disembarked in New York seeming more hale than he had in years, delighting Alfred and Manette Loomis, who greeted the voyagers at dockside.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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