QUAY


Meaning of QUAY in English

/ kiː; NAmE / noun

a platform in a harbour where boats come in to load, etc. :

A crowd was waiting on the quay.

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English key , from Old French kay , of Celtic origin. The change of spelling in the late 17th cent. was influenced by the modern French spelling quai .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.