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wharve Definition

wharve (hwôrv, wôrv)

noun

  1. a small flywheel on the spindle of a spinning wheel
  2. a small drive pulley on a spindle of a modern spinning machine

Etymology: ME wherve < OE hweorfa < base of hweorfan, to turn: see wharf

wharve Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • safeguard: The use of safeguarded wharves saves over 950,000 trips by heavy goods vehicles a year on London's roads.
  • build: Railroad lines run to the newly built wooden wharves in the foreground.
  • have: Elements, who ceased canal carrying during the 1960's, once had several canal side wharves in the Oldbury area.
  • serve: New sidings were added on both sides of the Manchester Ship Canal to serve coal wharves on the canal.
  • work: Gone were all the working wharves in their stead were thousands of riverside flats.
  • exist: This prompts the question: is there enough wharfage to get rid of existing wharves?

Preposition: in

area: They erected large warehouses and wharves in the area around Thames Street, especially for the importation of wine.

Adjective modifier

  • old: These are the old wharves which were separated by wide waterways.
  • many: The site comprises 2.4 acres of water space and, at Its height, served many wharves and factories.
  • new: Landing places near the City were at a premium and new wharves and warehouses were built to accommodate the growing trade.
  • small: All along the inner city section their were once short arms leading both north and south into small wharves and basins.
  • commercial: In the year to April 2002 the two commercial wharves handled some 470 vessels.
  • private: On the seaward side they make their way between close-packed building to the private wharves that seem to lie behind every house and shop.

Preposition: on

side: There were no local crossing points so wharves on the north side of the Canal had to be provided with their own transport system.

Noun used with modifier

  • riverside: They would have allowed small boats to deliver goods directly to market without having to offload their cargoes at riverside wharves.
  • canal: Elements, who ceased canal carrying during the 1960's, once had several canal side wharves in the Oldbury area.
  • waterside: Shippers were rather tired of waterside wharves, with their lack of warehouse room, and lighterage was increasingly troublesome and expensive.
  • loading: Many of these loading wharves can still be seen today.
  • coal: New sidings were added on both sides of the Manchester Ship Canal to serve coal wharves on the canal.
  • timber: Timber wharves, a sawmill and factories were established around the bridge.