wharf

A pier where ships or boats are tied up and loaded or unloaded.

A shore or riverbank.

To moor (a vessel) at a wharf.

To take to or store (cargo) on a wharf.

To furnish, equip, or protect with wharves or a wharf.

To berth at a wharf.

To guard or secure by a wharf or firm wall of timber or stone.

To place or lodge on a wharf.

A platform of timber, stone, or other material built on a support at the margin of a harbor or a navigable stream, in order that vessels may be moored alongside, as for loading or unloading, or while at rest.

The bank of a river, or the shore of the sea.