📚 noun • entry_id 33677
flood tide
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estuación • flujo • marea creciente
The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore
Going forward and glancing over the weather bow, I perceived that the ship swinging to her anchor with the flood-tide, was now obliquely pointing towards the open ocean.
The 120-ton double-track bridge-ramp of the Harwich-Zebrugge ^([sic]) train ferry was seriously damaged when the ferry Essex was lifted on the flood tide to an abnormal height, but…
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