Wharves

noun
1.
a plural of wharf.
noun, plural wharves
[hwawrvz, wawrvz] /ʰwɔrvz, wɔrvz/ (Show IPA), wharfs.
1.
a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.
2.
Obsolete.

a riverbank.
the shore of the sea.

verb (used with object)
3.
to provide with a wharf or wharves.
4.
to place or store on a wharf:
The schedule allowed little time to wharf the cargo.
5.
to accommodate at or bring to a wharf:
The new structure will wharf several vessels.
verb (used without object)
6.
to tie up at a wharf; dock:
The ship wharfed in the early morning.
noun
1.
Spinning. a wheel or round piece of wood on a spindle, serving as a flywheel or as a pulley.
noun (pl) wharves (wɔːvz), wharfs
1.
a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour or navigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships
2.
(NZ) the wharves, the working area of a dock
3.
an obsolete word for shore1
verb (transitive)
4.
to moor or dock at a wharf
5.
to provide or equip with a wharf or wharves
6.
to store or unload on a wharf
noun
1.
a wooden disc or wheel on a shaft serving as a flywheel or pulley