wharfage (hwarfaj)

[ of which a wharf is constructed; wharves in general. A strong stone wall, which was a kind of wharfing against rivers running into it. Evelyn, Sylva, i. 2. ( Latham .) The San Marco glided into a bayou under a high wharf ing of timbers, where a bearded fisherman waited. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 763. 2. In hydraulic eng in ., a method of facing seawalls by the use of sheet-piling anchored to the bank.