A navigable passage in a stretch of water otherwise unsafe for vessels; esp. one between shallows in an estuary.

A body of water affording passage for vessels; an unobstructed waterway. In general use.

A passage or channel of water lying between sandbanks or between a sandbank and the shore.

A stretch of water that a ship, boat, etc., must pass through or over in order to progress in a particular direction; esp. one which presents…

A stretch of water, esp. the channel of a harbour, in which it is usual or obligatory for ships to employ local pilots.

Chiefly U.S. = swatch, n.3

A navigable channel, esp. at a river's mouth or in a delta; spec. one in the Mississippi delta.

An opening for the passage of vessels, esp. to and from a harbour; = fairway, n. 2.

A passage of open or unobstructed water, typically narrow or limited in width, through which watercraft can pass; spec. a shipping lane.

= swash-way n. at swash, adv. int.n.1 compounds 2.

Esp. in Germany or in German-speaking contexts: a navigable channel, esp. in a river, or in or near a harbour or port.

‘a channel across a bank, or among shoals, as the noted instance between the Goodwin Sands’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., 1867).

An entrance or passage to a city, region, etc., by water; a sea or river thoroughfare; a port.

transitive. To trample (wet ground) into holes. Also absol. or intransitive. Comb. stoach-way n. (see quot. 1853).

An artificial or natural channel connecting two tracts of sea.