embay

[em-bey]

verb (used with object)

to enclose in or as if in a bay; surround or envelop.

to form into a bay.

Origin of embay

First recorded in 1575–85; em-¹ + bay¹

Related formsun·em·bayed, adjective

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Historical Examples of embay

An inspection of the barriers shows that they were incompetent to embay the ice: they are scarred and fluted from bottom to top.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps
John Tyndall

British Dictionary definitions for embay

embay

verb (tr; usually passive)

to form into a bay

to enclose in or as if in a bay

(esp of the wind) to force (a ship, esp a sailing ship) into a bay

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