QUAY


Meaning of QUAY in English

[ ki: ]

■ noun a platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships.

Derivatives

~age noun

Origin

ME key , from OFr. kay , of Celtic origin; spelling influenced by mod. Fr. quai .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.