hithe means A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
HITHE — [Noun] A small landing-place or port, typically on a river. From Old English hȳþ, meaning “landing-place, harbor.” Unlike a “harbor,” which suggests a fortified coastal shelter for fleets, or a “quay,” which implies a civic platform of engineered stone, a hithe is a humble, riparian concession. It is the worn groove in a muddy bank where a skiff is drawn up; the wooden plank laid across reeds to receive a sack of grain; the shallow stone step worn smooth by generations of feet. A hithe speaks of a patient, local pact between land and stream, now often just a whisper in the landscape.
noun
- A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.“This Edred's hithe, after the aforesaid grants, came again to the king's hands, by what means I have not read, but it pertained unto the queen, and, therefore, was called Ripa reginæ, the Queene's bank, or Queene's hithe, and great profit thereof was made to her use, as may appear with this which followeth.”