staith
(obsolete, ) A shore or a riverbank.
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(obsolete, ) A shore or a riverbank.
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(UK, dialect) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.
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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(UK, rail) An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons.