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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

Example Sentences

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 Raymond, W. O. (William Odber)

I have been waiting here since half tide and there's nothing doing.

From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon

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)

And after dark, at half tide, Uncle Jake and myself worked hard.

From A Poor Man's House by Reynolds, Stephen Sydney

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.