Definitions for pierhead

pierhead pier·head

Spelling: [peer-hed]
IPA: /ˈpɪərˌhɛd/

Pierhead is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 254 anagrams from letters in pierhead (adeehipr).

Definitions for pierhead

noun

  1. the outermost end of a pier or wharf.
  2. (in the Great Lakes area) a breakwater.

Origin of pierhead

First recorded in 1675-85; pier + head

Examples for pierhead

From a flagstaff at the pierhead, the red ensign of England was displayed.

He recognized Captain Leeds on the bridge, and, running along the pierhead until he was just below it, waved wildly at him.

Whilst taking passengers on board, a carriage arrived at the pierhead for embarkation.

An infernal machine, such as has before been described, was blown up at the pierhead.

When the steamer left the pierhead her deck was thronged with passengers.

The first bath in that city was established in 1828, and is known as the pierhead.

Hurricane Point shut out the view of the sea in the north-west, even from the pierhead, and the ship was not to be seen.

Again, at the pierhead, white handkerchiefs and cheering and a flutter of coloured dresses.

I say, Mr Frobisher, did you happen to notice a yellow-skinned chap standing on the pierhead as we left the dock?

Past the pierhead we found some wind, actually got the engine started, and ploughed away at a cheerful ten knots.

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