Wiktionary
staithe
n. 1 (context UK obsolete English) A riverbank 2 (context UK archaic or dialectal English) A fixed structure where ships land, especially to load and unload; wharf; landing stage.
Usage examples of "staithe".
Bay, Rig Mill, Runswick, Staithes, and the various trips in the neighborhood of Whitby.
To both the north and south of the harbor there ran long stone jetties, or moles, or staithes as the English and Norse called them, the northern one a good hundred yards long, the southern one half that length.