Meaning of quayside | Babel Free

Definitions

An area alongside a quay.

also, attributive

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The boat trains are run straight into the quayside shed alongside the ship, where immigration and customs formalities are carried out under cover.”

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