wharfage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
noun a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

From Middle English wharfage; equivalent to wharf + -age.

Boats were charged such heavy wharfage that they could not afford to land for one or two passengers or a light lot of freight. — Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain
Number of different boats arrived, 121 Aggregate of tonnage, 15,470 Number of arrivals, 803 Wharfage collected, $4,573.60 Wood and Lumber, liable to Wharfage. Plank, joist, and scantling, 1,414,330 feet. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
His instincts were duller than those of the black-browed girl, at whom he gazed for idle satisfaction of eye from time to time while she replied demurely and maintained her drama of, the featureless but well-distinguished actors within her bosom,--a round, plump bust, good wharfage and harbourage, he was thinking. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith

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