Wharfing

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  • n. Wharfs collectively.
  • n. A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Wharfs, collectively.
  • n. A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; wharves in general.
  • n. In hydraulic engin., a method of facing seawalls by the use of sheet-piling anchored to the bank.
    • Word Usage
    "As logs are lashed, he lists the many benefits to Astoria of bringing in a log exporter, including dozens of $40-an-hour stevedore jobs filled with every shipload, and some $100,000 in wharfing fees each month."
    Verb Stem
    wharf   
     
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