Definition of "wharfing" [wharf•ing]

• Wharfs collectively. (noun)
• A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties. (noun)

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• "As logs are lashed, he lists the many benefits to Astoria of bringing in a log exporter, including dozens of $40-an-hour stevedore jobs filled with every shipload, and some $100,000 in wharfing fees each month."
• "This area used to be an old wharfing district back in the day -- but now it's sort of the hip-spot in town, though its main street (Frasier Avenue) is under ridiculously heavy construction at the moment."
• "Too, there were two or three fellows of Port Cos there, those who had set up the outjutting display beams, and would presumably handle the forward lines in wharfing."