LekhoriLekhoriA raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
Your boat is docked at the pier.
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
There is a gaming arcade on the pier.
A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
The force of the explosion demolished one pair of piers and two spans of the bridge crashed down into the river on top of the barges.
From Middle English pere (“bridge pillar”), from Medieval Latin pera, from Old Northern French pire (“breakwater”), from Vulgar Latin *petricus, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “sto...
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