tide race

British  

noun

1. a fast-running tidal current

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Example Sentences

But beside scientific travel over a whole ocean, for example, muscular travel across a 20-mile tide race seemed to have shrunk to the proportions of a frog beside an eagle.

From Time Magazine Archive

In passing to leeward of Staten Island, the tide race, which extends for some distance off Cape St. John, at the N.E. end of the island, must be avoided: otherwise there exist no dangers.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

Now and then, between the sobbing of Piper's Hole, the children caught the murmur of the tide race, half-a-mile off shore, slackening its note as it neared the time of high-water and its turning point.

From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

It is pleasant to hear the rush, and the calm, of tide race, alternating.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

He walked into Newnham, and made his way to the ferry to watch the tide race up the river.

From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Bevan, Tom