Associations to the word «Pierhead»

Wiktionary

PIERHEAD, noun. The end of a pier farthest from shore.
PIERHEAD LINE, noun. (US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which a pier cannot project.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.