·noun A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, ·etc., as from railway cars, into vessels.
a warehouse on the bank of a navigable river. North. A wharf. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
[Anglo-Saxon stæde]. An embankment on the river bank whence to load vessels. Also, a large wooden wh...
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