staithe
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Astley_Loading_Staithe_-_geograph.org.uk_-_490632.jpg.webp)
a coal-loading staithe
Etymology
From Old English stæð and/or Old Norse stödh (“harbor”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /steɪθ/, /steɪð/
Noun
staithe (plural staithes)
- (Britain, obsolete) A riverbank
- (Britain, archaic or dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
Usage notes
- The landing stage sense is common in place names, particularly in the former Danelaw area of east and north-east England where it remains dialectal in use.
Synonyms
- wharf
See also
staithe on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- atheist, eat shit, hastite, teatish