مُرْفَأٌ

, (S, Mgh, Sgh, K,) and ↓ مَرْفَأٌ, (M, K,) [A station of ships;] a place where ships are brought near to the bank of a river [or to the land; see 1, first sentence]; (S, M, K;) i. q. فُرْضَةٌ. (Mgh.)