loadberryn.
/ˈləʊdbəri/ Shetland dialect.
A flat rock forming a natural landing-place; spec. a small enclosed landing-place for the unloading of boats.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > landing-place
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1764 in W. R. Mackintosh Glimpses of Kirkwall (1887) 173 The said loadberry or north east part of the Ness of Quanterness.
1871 Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotl. (ed. 19) 596 Lerwick is now before us, a great portion of the houses lining the shore, and standing in the sea, with loadberrys and piers attached.
1950 Menzies' Guide to Shetland 10 The most interesting feature of this part of the town [sc. Lerwick] is the series of lodberries, or enclosed courtyards with wooden doors surmounting steps down to the water.
1975 Country Life 13 Feb. 367/1 Many of these houses had their own slipways with stores or lodberrys.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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