indraft
in av, prep Widely used to describe a narrow deep bay. Generally used with the word deep. "The bay has a deep indraft." Deep here meaning a long bay and not necessarily a deep water bay. Bight, however, is (in Newfoundland) generally used to denote a "shallow indraft". Again the...
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1973
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37075 |
| Summary: | in av, prep Widely used to describe a narrow deep bay. Generally used with the word deep. "The bay has a deep indraft." Deep here meaning a long bay and not necessarily a deep water bay. Bight, however, is (in Newfoundland) generally used to denote a "shallow indraft". Again the word shallow not referring to depth of water but rather to indentation of coast line. =bight DNE-cit JH MAY 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 4 Used I ~ -wind Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 17 Mar 2015 |
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