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.
“When I got to the wharf, I ran into three Aleut cousins, who sat on a wooden bench and stared out at the bay and cried.”
What You Pawn I Will Redeem by Sherman Alexie (Paragraph 3 at 2 P.M.)
