high water
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See also: highwater and high-water
English
Noun
high water (countable and uncountable, plural high waters)
- (uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area.
- 1941 January, the late John Phillimore, “The Forth Bridge 1890-1940”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
- So as not to impede navigation the two principal spans of the bridge were designed to provide a clear headway of 157 ft. above high water for a distance of 500 ft.; [...].
- The state of the tide when the water is at its highest.
- 1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623:
- One of the requirements of the design was the provision of a clear headway of 50 ft. at high water for shipping.
- (countable) The highest stage of a river.
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References
- “high water”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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