quayside

[ kee-sahyd, key-, kwee- ]

/ ˈkiˌsaɪd, ˈkeɪ-, ˈkwi- /

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noun

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 Bott
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.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
Many 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 Parrott
Every one called him Ogmund Dint, even the boys who played about on the quayside.
Frey and His Wife|Maurice Henry Hewlett

Crates 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

quayside

/ (ˈkiːˌsaɪd) /

noun

the edge of a quay along the water

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