half tide

American  

noun

1. the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.

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half-tide British  

noun

1. the state of the tide between flood and ebb

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Etymology

Origin of half tide

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

It was now about half tide on the flood, and she must have grounded at about half tide on the ebb.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

Passing through it at half tide with an average sized canoe, we were compelled to wade and drag it over a mile.

From Official Report of the Exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Government of British Columbia by Chittenden, Newton H. (Newton Henry)

But usually, when a half tide or more was in, a rowboat could be taken up to the landing near the road.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

There were rocks inside them, rocks which were covered at full tide and half tide, but pushed up their brown sea-weedy backs when the tide was low.

From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.

The "rock" alluded to by Champlain is Fort Point Ledge, bare at half tide, south-east by east from the Point, and distant over half a mile.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)