tide table

noun

1. a table listing the predicted times and heights of the tides for specific dates and places.

tide table

noun

1. a table showing the height of the tide at different times of day over a period at a particular place

Word History and Origins

Origin of tide table¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Understanding tides was vital for seafarers, and the first predictive tide table appeared in 11th-century China in response to the powerful and deadly tidal bore that surges up the Qiantang River.

From Nautilus

I exclude all the technicalities that I can, but the reader should take note that the tide-table is very important henceforward.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not say this rule would enable you to construct a respectable tide-table.

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He called in one of the clerks, and told him to go out to get him an almanac with a tide-table.

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This curve is then measured, and the year's tide table readily made out.

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