staith

English

Alternative forms

stathe

Etymology

From Old Norse stǫð, from Proto-Germanic *staþwō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /steɪθ/

Noun

staith (plural staiths)

(obsolete) A shore or a riverbank.
From staith to staith.
(Britain, dialectal) A landing place; an elevated staging upon a wharf for discharging coal, etc., as from railway cars into vessels.

Derived terms

staithman

References

The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for staith in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Hiatts, hattis, that is

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