Meaning of pierhead | Babel Free

Definitions

The end of a pier farthest from shore.

Examples

“It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.”

“Here on Papay folk will speak slowly and sympathetically in a one-to-one conversation with a 'soothmoother', but if you're on the fringes of a pierhead debate about the price of cattle or the weather, then you'll soon be submerged beneath a fast-flowing terminological tidal wave.”

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