(UK) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.
(UK) A man employed in weighing and shipping at a staith.
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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.
(obsolete, ) A shore or a riverbank.
(UK, archaic, or, dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
(UK, rail) An installation built at the railside or nearby for the storage of coal unloaded from wagons.
(US) A man employed to load and unload ships; any person thus employed.