Meaning of staith | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shore or a riverbank.
   obsolete
2. A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
   UK, dialectal

Examples

“From staith to staith.”

“The high banks of the rivers of North East England have⟳ led to the shipment of coal from staiths by the simple process⟳ of shooting it down gravity spouts from bottom-door wagons.”

“The coal staiths of the North-East coast—for example at Blyth (Northumberland) and at Dunston-on-Tyne—are impressive installations. The staiths are in fact jetties or piers built up to a high level above the rivers. Loaded wagons are propelled on to them and the contents are then quickly discharged through chutes down to the waiting colliers below.”

“[…] gravity had earlier been harnessed to provide⟳ part of the pull⟳ for trains of coal wagons heading for staiths for loading on schooners […]”

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