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English
Etymology
From quay + side.
Pronunciation
Noun
quayside (plural quaysides)
- (also attributive) An area alongside a quay.
1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:It was purchased by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1882, and continued to work between Brading and Bembridge until 1917, when it was taken over by the War Department, and sent overseas for war service in Mesopotamia, whence it never returned. It survived until at least 1921, when it was observed on the quayside at Basra.
1959 February, G. Freeman Allen, “Southampton—Gateway to the Ocean”, in Trains Illustrated, page 89:The boat trains are run straight into the quayside shed alongside the ship, where immigration and customs formalities are carried out under cover.
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