piers
Harbor mooring structures
Piers are structures extending from shore into water, used for boarding boats, fishing, or strolling: We walked to the end of the pier to watch the sunset.
The word also refers to vertical supports in architecture—the solid sections between windows or arches, or pillars supporting a bridge.
A buttress pier reinforces a wall. (Capitalized Piers is a given name.)
Safe anchorage for ships
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- wharfShip docking structure
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- jettyStructure extending into water
berth · dock · anchorage · waterfront · shipyard · landing · slipway · mooring
Embedded structural columns
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- deckingOutdoor wooden flooring
- platformRaised flat structure
- beamsRays or supports
girders · foundation · stilts · cantilever · concrete · steel · wood · load-bearing
Leisurely public stroll
- strollingWalking at ease
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- viewpointWay of seeing things
tourists · leisure · amusement · boardwalk · vendors · buskers · arcades · fairground
Coastal recreational area
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- beachfrontLand bordering the sea
- oceanfrontLand bordering the sea
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
seawall · tidal · bay · cove · estuary · lighthouse · waterside · surf
harbor
Safe anchorage for ships
jetty · berth · dock · anchorage · waterfront · shipyard · landing · slipway · mooring · gangway
pilings
Embedded structural columns
beams · girders · foundation · stilts · cantilever · concrete · steel · wood · load-bearing · framework
promenade
Leisurely public stroll
viewpoint · tourists · leisure · amusement · boardwalk · vendors · buskers · arcades · fairground · rides
seaside
Coastal recreational area
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- beachfrontLand bordering the sea
- oceanfrontLand bordering the sea
breakwater · seawall · tidal · bay · cove · estuary · lighthouse · waterside · surf · dunes
- Maritime Transportcargo ships, container ships, ferries, freighters, tankers
- British Seasidebeach hut, beach huts, promenade, promenades, esplanade
- Coastalseashells, driftwood, waves, sand dollars, dunes
- coastal placesbeach, Big Sur, island, Monterey Bay, resort
- harborsanchorage, haven, Boston Harbor, New York Harbor, berths
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
piersanchors
Weighted devices securing vessels
moorings · seawalls · breakwaters · jetties · bulkheads
pierslevees
Earthen flood barriers
dikes · seawalls · embankments · floodwalls · revetments
- fishing pierWaterfront angling platform
- Santa Monica PierFamous California oceanfront boardwalk
- pier fishingAngling from wooden walkways over water
- wooden pierTimber structure over water
- steel pierAlloy-built waterfront platform
- floating pierBuoyant mooring structure