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tideway

American  
[tahyd-wey] / ˈtaɪdˌweɪ /
Or tide way

noun

  1. a channel in which a tidal current runs.

tideway British  
/ ˈtaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tideway

First recorded in 1620–30; tide 1 + way 1

Example Sentences

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The older men in the group were instrumental in reviving tideway rowing after the second world war and were a driving force behind initiatives for sculling, the discipline that uses two oars instead of one.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2010

The other war head they cut adrift in the tideway.

From Time Magazine Archive

The starting point for The Weir and the Island, now owned by Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum, was the view Kienbusch got of a weir made of burnt spruce, set in a tideway.

From Time Magazine Archive

I could see nothing of the boat; doubtless it had passed out of sight behind a string of barges that lay in the tideway.

From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John

Five-and-thirty years ago it was a rarity to see even a scratch amateur eight on the tideway, so much had London rowing gone downhill.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

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