Meaning of quayward | Babel Free

Definitions

Towards a quay; in the direction of a quay.

not-comparable, uncommon

Examples

“All down the quays vessels moored after their fashion—bows quayward, sterns outward; an arrangement giving an immense number of ships each its own small share of landing.”

“The surf was plunging and leaping over the great break-water before the harbour, and our small shore boat danced like a cork even inside, now cocking her stern, now her bows, as she crept quayward through the shipping.”

“[…] of the sea. As it rose and fell every pulse in the estuary carried them quayward, carried them seaward.”

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