a structure used by boats and ships for taking on or landing cargo and passengerstied the boat up at the pier
tied the boat up at the pier
docks, floats, jetties, landings, levees, quais, quays, wharves(also wharfs)
berths, moorings, slipsembarcaderos(West)dockyards, marinas, quayages, shipyards, wharfages
an upright shaft that supports an overhead structurea bridge pier
a bridge pier
columns, pilasters, pillars, posts, stanchions
caryatids(or caryatides), pedestalsbuttresses, flying buttressesneedles, obeliskspiles, pilings
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