bomboran.
/bɒmˈbɔːrə/, U.S. /ˌbɑmˈbɔrə/, Australian English /bɔmˈbɔːrə/, New Zealand English /bɒmˈboːrə/ Australian (and New Zealand).
A dangerous stretch of water where the waves break over a submerged reef of rocks.
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1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 24 May 27/1 ‘Bombora’ is an aboriginal word applied to the high-crested wave which breaks, even on windless days, over submerged rocks near the coastline and in some cases at entrances to coastal harbors and inlets.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xiii. 224 Bomboora to describe a dangerous reef of rocks usually found at the foot of cliffs. This is naturally confined to coastal regions.
1966 Weekly News (N.Z.) 19 Jan. 6/5 Surf sizes range from small ‘hotdogging’ waves with excellent shapes to ‘bombora’ surf.
1968 W. Warwick Surfriding in N.Z. 34/1 Two left and right bomboras (large reef breaks), best at high tide.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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