staithe noun & verb.
[steɪð] Now
local.
[Old English stæÞ = Old Saxon staÞ, Old High German stad, Gothic staÞa; in sense A.2 directly from cogn. Old Norse stǫð.]A. noun.
1. A bank, a shore.
OE-ME.2. A landing-stage, a wharf;
esp. a waterside coal depot equipped for loading vessels.
ME.3. An embankment.
LME.b. verb trans. Embank.
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