pier

A platform extending from a shore over water and supported by piles or pillars, used to secure, protect, and provide access to ships or boats.

Such a structure used predominantly for entertainment.

A supporting structure at the junction of connecting spans of a bridge.

Any of various vertical supporting structures, especially.

A pillar, generally rectangular in cross section, supporting an arch or roof.

The portion of a wall between windows, doors, or other openings.

A reinforcing structure that projects from a wall; a buttress.

A mole or jetty carried out into the sea, to serve as an embankment to protect vessels from the open sea, to form a harbor, etc.

A projecting quay, wharf, or other landing-place.