Pier

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A projecting wharf or landing place.

II. Pier ·noun Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. ·see Buttress.

III. Pier ·noun Any detached mass of masonry, whether insulated or supporting one side of an arch or lintel, as of a bridge; the piece of wall between two openings.

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