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单词 quayside
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quaysiden.

Brit. /ˈkiːsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈkiˌsaɪd/
Forms: see quay n. and side n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quay n., side n.1
Etymology: < quay n. + side n.1
The side of a quay; (also) a quay and the area of land lying around it.Earliest as a street name.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > wharf or quay > parts of
quayside1415
wharf-head1801
wharf-side1842
wharf-wall1845
wharf-end1897
wharf-frontage1897
α.
1415 in R. T. Storey Reg. T. Langley (1957) 75 (MED) Terras et tenementa..que teneo in feodo de magistro et fratribus de Walknoll, supra Le Keyside.
1425 MS Found. Charter Thornton's Hosp., Newcastle A via regia voc. le keyside.
1448 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1893) 20 220 Every quarter whete malte Barly..to be borne frome the howsyng off the kay syde unto the shyp.
1588 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 177 To my sonne Roberte my house in the Kay-side.
1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 64 On the Key side next the City, there is a wall of stone..which no horse can enter,..unlesse at a slip or two.
1694 J. Brome Hist. Acct. Mr Rogers's Trav. 103 Boats of great Burden come up to their Key side loaded with several Commodities.
1771 London Mag. Nov. 567/2 Most of the ships lying at the Key-side broke from their moorings.
β. 1778 Whitehead's Newcastle Directory 49 Sugar houses: Atkinson and Co., Quay-side.1800 J. Thomas Different Plans for improving Harbour of Bristol 29 All the Gouts from the opposite side of the river might be brought here..and passed through the bed of the river, to join the large Culvert on the Quay side.1843 T. Wilson Pitman's Pay 108 The Faithers o' the fittin' trade The Quayside a'ways pacin'.1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. ii. 32 The quay side was unsavourily ornamented with glittering fish-scales, for the hauls of fish were cleansed in the open air.1903 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 5/3 He saw another man climbing up the quayside ladder.1941 Harper's Mag. Jan. 114/2 A launch bobbed at the quay-side.1972 Guardian 1 Jan. 11/4 Men bring nets full of oursins to quayside cafés.2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) vii. 179 There on the quayside, just where the Sincerity had been berthed, stood two fellows, both waving excitedly in our direction.

Derivatives

ˈquaysider n. (a) colloquial (usually with capital initial) a native or inhabitant of Newcastle upon Tyne; (b) gen. a person who frequents a quayside or quaysides (rare).
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1841 Gateshead Observer 22 May Yours, &c., A Quaysider.
1885 Cambr. Rev. 6 May 294/1 At ‘Ess’ Corner..a stupid quay-sider swung a string of barges across the river and stopped them.
2006 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 12 Jan. 18 One of Tyneside's landmark buildings will be the centre of attraction for Quaysiders this weekend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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