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

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

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

Beyond the headland which they were fast nearing, the cliffs and the sea met at half tide.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

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 Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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)

It subsists on limpets and may be seen, a lustrous blue, at half tide feeding in favourite localities.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)