pierhead

English

Etymology

From pier +‎ head.

Noun

pierhead (plural pierheads)

1. The end of a pier farthest from shore. [from 17th c.]
   • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘My Father's House’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 21:

     It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.

Derived terms

• pierhead line

Translations

the end of a pier farthest from shore

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