Associations to the word «Staithe»

Wiktionary

STAITHE, noun. (UK) (obsolete) A riverbank
STAITHE, noun. (UK) (archaic or dialectal) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats