whfg

Noun

wharfage (countable and uncountable, plural wharfages)

1. A dock, quay, or pier.

   Synonyms:

   dockage

2. Wharfs collectively.
   • It is pleasant to swim well out into the stream of the river, and, with one’s chin on a level with the wide stretch of water, take in a “trout’s-eye view” of the little town, ascending in tiers of wharfage, trees, grey ramparts, more trees, and clustered roofs, with the old cathedral of the Trinity...1924, Saki, “The Old Town of Pskoff”, in The Square Egg and Other Sketches, London: John Lane, page 156

   Synonyms:

   dockage

3. A fee charged for using a wharf.
   • If the owner of goods deposited at a wharf sells them, and gives notice to the wharfinger of such sale, on tendering the wharfage then due, he is discharged from liability for future wharfage.1895, John Houston Merrill, The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, page 100

   Synonyms:

   dockage