† ferry-loopn.Obsoleterare the route taken by a ferry.N.E.D. (1895) regarded quot. 1742 as evidence for a compound ferry-look, based on the reading in the 1769 edition of the text.
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1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. iii. 146 [The keeper of this ferry has the right] to dredge for Oysters within the Compass of his Ferry-loop [1762, 1769 Ferry-look], which extends..sixty Fathoms on each Side of the Castle.