dead low water

Example Sentences

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It was dead low water now, and the ship was heeled at an angle, the propeller showing clean.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

A boat would just float there comfortably I supposed, at dead low water.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

On the evening of December 24th it is full moon, and dead low water at Falmouth about 11.30 p.m.

From Dead Man's Rock by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

We found that it was dead low water, and that the yacht had receded so much below the level of the quay, that no plank within reach would touch her. 

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher

She would not be seen again till dead low water.

From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)