sea reach

American  

noun

1. a straight course at the mouth of a river, connecting with the sea.

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Etymology

Origin of sea reach

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

And the day after the boat returned from the examination of Roe's River the cutter was moved to an anchorage about half way up the first or sea reach of Hunter's River.

From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1 by King, Phillip Parker

That the deposits laid down by this huge inland sea reach as far north as the shores of the river Kama, in Central Russia, is also well known to geologists.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis

He was alluding to that man Bulangi, who lives up the sea reach, and who had sent me word that a strange ship was anchored outside—which, of course, I repeated to Patalolo.

From An Outcast of the Islands by Conrad, Joseph

Fascination Fair is the pine grove and the mountain stream That gathers to the valley far below, The black-winged junks on the dim sea reach, adream, The pale blue firmament o'er banks of snow.

From A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China by Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot)