tide-gauge

noun

a gauge used to measure extremes or the present level of tidal movement

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Words nearby tide-gauge

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

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Example sentences from the Web for tide-gauge

By that time it was strong enough to be suitable for a tide-gauge.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
The most chronic sufferer throughout the vicissitudes of temperature was the clock belonging to Bage's tide-gauge.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Sandell and I now made a start at erecting the tide-gauge, and after the lapse of five days got the instrument into position.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
The tide-gauge clock broke down towards the end of the month, and though I tried for days to get it going I was not successful.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson

The storm raised over this and the preceding duel had they but known it, was but a notch in the tide-gauge of this flood.
Kennedy Square|F. Hopkinson Smith

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