单词 | tideway |
释义 | tidewayn. A channel in which a tidal current runs; also the tidal part of a river; transferred a strong current running in such a channel; = tide-gate n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] meatusc1425 channel1427 canal1542 tide-gate1589 euripe1600 Euripus1601 interflow1610 sleeve1614 tides-way1627 gat1723 tideway1798 lane1835 seaway1866 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. i. 1 You may hale in a ship..out of the tides way. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §157 A vessel lies..at moorings, though in a Tide's-way.] 1798 Hull Advertiser 4 Aug. 2/4 A gunboat..being very manageable in a strong tideway. 1811 J. Taylor Remarks Present State Devon in T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) p. xxxii It..serves to convey shipping from the Tideway. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxvii. 359 A moment's check would plunge the whole concern into the rapid tide-way. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) v. 153 Sounding in a tide-way it may be necessary to anchor the boat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1798 |
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