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where the land shakes hands with the sea and pockets a fee
means A built-up structure along a shore or riverbank where ships dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
from From Old English 'hwearf,' meaning a bank, shore, or dam — and possibly something turned or heaped up, since the root is related to the verb 'hweorfan,' to turn. The sense of a turning or working place hardened over time into the solid platform of stone and timber where boats come to rest.
- origin
- Old English hwearf, meaning a turning or bank
- versus pier
- runs parallel to shore, not jutting out
- san francisco
- Fisherman's Wharf draws millions for sourdough and sea lions
- rat danger
- wharves spread plague across medieval ports worldwide
- london legacy
- Wapping's wharves once handled the world's tobacco and tea
for instance
circular quay sydney — working wharf and performance venue in sydney harbor, opened 1973, world heritage site