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 other hand, the same steamer starting six hours later, or at low tide, would have dead low water and an ebb tide current of about three miles against her the entire way.

From The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Bruce, Wallace

“Why, mother, is it dead low water, or have you stowed all away in the locker?”

From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Marryat, Frederick

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