sea reach

noun

1. a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sea reach¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

In Sea Reach there is a heavy rolling swell, with a short and deep sea, which renders it very difficult to beat to windward.

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The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

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The white man, turning his back upon the setting sun, looked along the empty and broad expanse of the sea-reach.

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They had already, without knowing it, swept round the turn in the river, and were now entering Sea Reach.

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