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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

Wharfs, collectively.

(Hydraul. Engin.)

A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Knight.

Noun.

Wharfs in general.

wharfing ‎(countable and uncountable, plural wharfings)

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