tide gate

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noun

a gate through which water flows when the tide is in one direction and that closes automatically when the tide is in the opposite direction.

a restricted passage, as a strait, through which the tide flows swiftly.

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Origin of tide gate

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby tide gate

tiddlywink, tiddlywinks, tide, tide-bound, tide gage, tide gate, tide-gauge, tide-generating force, tidehead, tide in the affairs of men, There is a, tideland