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embayment|ɛmˈbeɪmənt|
[f. as prec. + -ment.]
1. a. The action of forming into a bay. b. concr. A portion of water or coast forming a bay.
1815Scott Guy M. xl, The line of sea-coast, with all its varied curves, indentures, and embayments. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 10 Occasionally lingering in some embayment..to collect their waters. 1879Le Conte Elem. Geol. 525 The Mississippi probably commenced to run into the Tertiary Embayment. 1884St. Nicholas II. 534 It is a larger embayment than that where the gig came to grief.
2. A bay-like recess (of a window).
1848Tait's Mag. XV. 102 The deep embayment of her favourite window. |