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half tide

noun

  1. the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.


half-tide

noun

  1. the state of the tide between flood and ebb
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of half tide1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

The polyclads are found below half-tide mark on the under side of stones and on seaweeds.

The calcareous tubes of these animals are seen everywhere below half tide, on rocks, in holdfasts and on kelp (spirobis).

But usually, when a half tide or more was in, a rowboat could be taken up to the landing near the road.

At low water a causeway of rocks joins it to the mainland, but at half-tide even it is impassable, except in a boat on a calm day.

At low tide—or rather, at half tide—may be seen a huge square-headed fissure or cave quite through a portion of La Fauconnaire.

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