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a landing place, especially one of solid masonry, constructed along the edge of a body of water; wharf.
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Quay
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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- There was no sign of rock stars on the quay on this cold evening.
- Another irresistible temptation was a mysterious cafe at the end of the quay.
- We picked up weights and tanks from the hotel dive shop and did a test dive off the quay.
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| quay (kiː) | |
| —n | |
| Compare pier a wharf, typically one built parallel to the shoreline | |
| [C14 keye, from Old French kai, of Celtic origin; compare Cornish kē hedge, fence, Old Breton cai fence] | |
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Word Origin & History
quay
1696, variant of M.E. key "wharf" (1306), from O.N.Fr. cai (O.Fr. chai) "sand bank," from Gaulish caium (5c.), from O.Celt. *kagio- "to encompass, enclose" (cf. Welsh cae "fence, hedge," Cornish ke "hedge"), cognate with O.E. haga "hedge" (see hedge). Spelling altered by infl.
EXPANDof Fr. quai, from the same Celtic source.
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