The phrase "a quay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a structure on the shore of a harbor where ships dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
Example: "The cargo ship was finally docked at a quay, ready for unloading."
Alternatives: "a wharf" or "a dock".
It is a quay for a quay, a street for a street.
Sprouting from a quay overlooking Belfast Lough is an angular, aluminium-clad eruption.
It's why I preferred the museum's "Market Scene on a Quay" to its Kenneth Noland.
Because quay walls occupy valuable waterfront space, docking cost at a quay wall is high.
You wander down a quay and under a bridge, then look back at the bridge behind.
A new terminal with a quay 854 metres long, "Liverpool 2", is due to open in 2015.
By 1730, a coaling quay, a ballast quay, a pilots' watch house and a lighthouse had all been built at Blyth harbour.
The result of a quay-walled caisson demonstrates the significance of the seismic-induced dynamic force and the seismic effects should be considered for the design of coastal structures in seismic zone.
During his studies, Gaudí designed various projects, among which the following stand out: a cemetery gate (1875), a Spanish pavilion for the Philadelphia World Fair of 1876, a quay-side building (1876), a courtyard for the Diputació de Barcelona (1876), a monumental fountain for the Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona (1877) and a university assembly hall (1877).
Oil was lifted up from a small quay using a sled and winch, and then transported using a small railway (again winch-powered).
Daniel was captured on a local shop's CCTV and his bike was found near a local quay, leading to a river bed search.
