voe

British  

/ vəʊ, vo /

noun

1. (in Orkney and Shetland) a small bay or narrow creek

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Etymology

Origin of voe

C17: from Old Norse vagr

Example Sentences

Very few boats came up Boden voe, especially at such an unusual hour, therefore more than one of the breakfast party followed Signy to the window to see who was coming.

From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston

They reached the mouth of the voe; their passage through the mouth was the first danger they had to encounter; a huge sea came thundering in.

From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.

Meanwhile Yaspard and the Harrisons politely offered to row the Osprey to the head of the voe with Mr. Neeven, and he—with less than his usual sharp suspicion—agreed.

From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston

Where the voe ends there is only a mere neck of land.

From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston

The others agreed, and, thinking it best not to venture up the voe, they decided to moor their boat at some safe place on the other side of Boden and nearer Trullyabister.

From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston