What does pierhead mean?
Pierhead means The end of a pier farthest from shore..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The end of a pier farthest from shore..
It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.
Here on Papay folk will speak slowly and sympathetically in a one-to-one conversation with a 'soothmoother', but if you're on the fringes of a pierhead debate about the price of cattle or the weather, then you'll soon be submerged beneath a fast-flowing terminological tidal wave.
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Pierhead means The end of a pier farthest from shore..
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It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.
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