tideland

American  

[tahyd-land] / ˈtaɪdˌlænd /

noun

1. land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.

2. Often tidelands. submerged offshore land within the territorial waters of a state or nation.

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tideland British  

/ ˈtaɪdˌlænd /

noun

1. land between high-water and low-water marks

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Etymology

Origin of tideland

First recorded in 1795–1805; tide ¹ + land

Example Sentences

B: South of Yesler, soggy tideland marshes made accurate mapping impossible.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022

For good tideland exploration, go when low tides expose a long sand spit reaching from the park’s main beachfront almost to the end of the half-mile-long point.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2017

The new bird sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, and is protected by the state.

From SAT Tests

Meanwhile Standard made a revised offer of $505,952 as royalty for oil already removed from the tideland.

From Time Magazine Archive

The tideland spruce is the most important lumber tree in Alaska.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen