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pierheads

pierheads is the plural of pierhead.

Meaning of pierhead

Noun

pierhead (plural pierheads)

  1. The end of a pier farthest from shore.
    • It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.1976, Angela Carter, “My Father's House”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 21

Questions about pierheads

What is pierheads the plural of?
Pierheads is the plural of pierhead.

Words near pierheads in the dictionary

  1. pierglass
  2. pierglasses
  3. pierhead
  4. pierhead line
  5. pierhead lines
  6. pierheads
  7. Pieria
  8. Pierian
  9. Pierian Spring
  10. Pierian Springs
  11. piericidin

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