overfalls
Americannoun
-
Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
-
Obsolete. a cataract or waterfall.
Etymology
Origin of overfalls
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mr Sharp said: "We are tired but feel quite ecstatic to have finished. "It was a bit hairy towards the finish... with strong tides and big overfalls in the dark.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2015
He accounted for it by the fact that having been so frequently drawn under by the overfalls, the water had entered at the sides of the face.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
In the channels between Surigao and the islands off the northern coasts, rapid currents are formed and overfalls render navigation dangerous for country vessels.
From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.
The 30th, in the morning, our latitude was 5° 57' S. our longitude from Bantam 224 leagues E. our course E. northerly twenty-eight leagues, the overfalls continuing, but had no ground at 100 fathoms.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Kerr, Robert
Once they encountered "overfalls" of rather broken water on the tail of a bank; but, with nothing worse than a couple of waves breaking inboard, the motor-boat gained the comparatively smooth water beyond.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
