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quayside en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkiːsaɪd/

Etymology

From quay + side.

Meanings

1. (also, attributive) An area alongside a quay.
   • The boat trains are run straight into the quayside shed alongside the ship, where immigration and customs formalities are carried out under cover. 1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 89:
   • It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service in Mesopotamia, whence it never returned. It survived until at least 1921, when it was observed on the quayside at Basra. 1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:

Forms

Deriveds

quaysider

Translations (11)

bg пристан (an area alongside a quay) · nb kaikant (an area alongside a quay) · uk на́бережна (an area alongside a quay) · nn kaikant (an area alongside a quay) · es andén (an area alongside a quay) · ru на́бережная (an area alongside a quay) · be на́бярэжная (an area alongside a quay) · cs nábřeží (an area alongside a quay) · sk nábreží (an area alongside a quay) · fi laiturin vieri (an area alongside a quay) · pl nabrzeże (an area alongside a quay)