0 an area like a wide wall built near the edge of the sea or a river where ships can be tied and goods can be taken off them:
1 a raised, level structure built beside the edge of the sea or a river, where ships can be tied and goods unloaded
2 an area in a port where goods are taken off and put on ships:
The audience travelled by ferry between various wharves where most of the performances took place.
The whole event was well organized, with transportation arrangements for visitors and students welcoming worshipers at wharves and stations.
Ongoing development has swept away the wharves and the merchant houses of the past.
A wharf was a place of work, and no place for shops and homes.
However, since there was no wharf, jetty or landing beach, ballast from wrecked vessels would most likely have been dumped in seawater.
A crowd of his adherents gathered at the wharf and, as the vessel steamed down the harbour, they ran along the sides.
This must be borne in mind in the selection and clearing of any parts in a tsetse area, such as wharves, ferries, etc., where there necessarily is considerable movement.
Liu is the most famous of this type of comprador, gaining recognition for successfully reorganizing the coal distribution networks and wharf operations.