wharf

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an area like a wide wall built near the edge of the sea or a river where ships can be tied and goods can be taken off them:

The crates were unloaded onto the wharf.

a raised, level structure built beside the edge of the sea or a river, where ships can be tied and goods unloaded

an area in a port where goods are taken off and put on ships:

At the end of the wharf, the cargo was waiting for an outbound freighter to take it to Quebec City.

Ownership of shoreline property conveys the right to build a pier or wharf.