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• half tide
  half tide

  noun

  the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
• half-tide
  half-tide

  noun

  the state of the tide between flood and ebb

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

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Example Sentences

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half tide half-tide

Midway across is the Britannia Rock, just visible at half tide.

From The Iron Horse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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 Newton H. (Newton Henry) Chittenden

The mud banks at the entrance of the creek may be passed at half tide by the largest boats; and within it, there is at all times a sufficient depth of water.

From A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders

It is very well situated and could not be attacked by land for it is surrounded by water at half tide.

From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond

It is a risky matter going through the bridge, I tell you, at half tide.

From Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

That current may still be at half-tide: Almost twice as many people came through in 2019.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

He knows every creek, and hole, and corner, of the coast; how the tide runs in—tide, half-tide, eddy, or current.

From Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 by Frederick Marryat

About 3 miles from the sea, at Connel Ferry, a ridge of sunken rocks crossing it causes a turbulent rapid, which at half-tide forms a sort of waterfall.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

If the sky had looked as bad at half-tide as it does now, I’d have made you take her in.

From The Secret of the Reef by Harold Bindloss

It was now half-tide and on the ebb.

From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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