noun
1.
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
2.
(in a bridge or the like) a support for the ends of adjacent spans.
3.
a square pillar.
4.
a portion of wall between doors, windows, etc.
5.
a pillar or post on which a gate or door is hung.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a structure with a deck that is built out over water, and used as a landing place, promenade, etc |
| 2. | a pillar that bears heavy loads, esp one of rectangular cross section |
| 3. | the part of a wall between two adjacent openings |
| 4. | another name for buttress |
| [C12 per, from Anglo-Latin pera pier supporting a bridge] | |
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Word Origin & History
pier
c.1150, "support of a span of a bridge," from M.L. pera, of unknown origin, perhaps from O.N.Fr. pire "a breakwater," from V.L. *petricus, from L. petra "rock." Meaning "solid structure in a harbor, used as a landing place for vessels," is attested from 1453.
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Afterward, watch the commercial fishing boats unloading the day's catch on the pier.
And the doctors were there on the pier with boxes of hypodermic needles giving them morphine shots.
The house is a small, one-story frame house of a style called pier and beam, which means that it sits on blocks.
The instructors had prepared the pier by spraying it down with water.
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