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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; wharves in general.
  • noun In hydraulic engin., a method of facing seawalls by the use of sheet-piling anchored to the bank.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Wharfs, collectively.
  • noun (Hydraul. Engin.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Wharfs collectively.
  • noun engineering A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Etymologies

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wharf +‎ -ing

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