tideway

or tide way

[tahyd-wey]

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noun

a channel in which a tidal current runs.

Origin of tideway

First recorded in 1620–30; tide¹ + way¹

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Examples from the Web for tideway

Historical Examples

But that might have occurred through want of careful tending in a tideway.
The Mirror of the Sea
Joseph Conrad
Upon him drifted Mrs. Worthington, like a peony in the tideway.
Love and Lucy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
Then, as the fishermen say, the tideway is ‘all of a paffle.’
A Floating Home
Cyril Ionides
Its chief patrons were tideway clubs and the Kingston Rowing Club.
Boating
W. B. Woodgate
On the tideway in sculling matches, it is usual for pilots to conduct scullers.
Boating
W. B. Woodgate

British Dictionary definitions for tideway

tideway

noun

a strong tidal current or its channel, esp the tidal part of a river

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or tide way

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Examples from the Web for tideway

Historical Examples

But that might have occurred through want of careful tending in a tideway.

Upon him drifted Mrs. Worthington, like a peony in the tideway.

Then, as the fishermen say, the tideway is ‘all of a paffle.’

Its chief patrons were tideway clubs and the Kingston Rowing Club.

On the tideway in sculling matches, it is usual for pilots to conduct scullers.

tideway

Origin of tideway