sea-reach

noun

The final reach of a river that connects with the ocean; the part of a river from which the sea is visible.

Meanings

nounsea-reach (plural sea-reaches)

plural sea-reaches

  1. The final reach of a river that connects with the ocean; the part of a river from which the sea is visible.

    The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 193
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