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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

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half tide half-tide

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

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George

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

From The Lovely Lady by Grant, Gordon

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.

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.

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)

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

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

The river rose rapidly after half-tide, and it had reached full height by the time the fresh plugs were ready and the wire and short lines prepared.

From Gold Out of Celebes by Dingle, Aylward Edward

We could cross the bar only when the water was above half-tide; and this was an important question.

From Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida by Optic, Oliver

It was now about half-tide, and Moses left his boat and made his way over the ledge of rocks toward his retreat.

From The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

I was alone with the inaccessible summits and the soft murmur of invisible waves breaking upon half-tide rocks.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William