tideway
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tideway
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
The tideway is always a drawback to scenery, but Barnes always used to produce good audiences and good competitors.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
Its chief patrons were tideway clubs and the Kingston Rowing Club.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
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