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tide-rode en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Swung by the tide when anchored.
   • To cast a ship when tide-rode with the wind ahead, the same practice must be followed with the sails, as to cast a ship when wind-rode and no current. 1822, Thomas Arnold, The American Practical Lunarian:
   • It is advisable to moor, as vessels are always tide rode 1943, United States Hydrographic Office, Sailing Directions for the Coast of China:
   • Freighters and tankers are anchored in the busy basin too, often tide-rode, their anchor chains bar tight and seeming eager to cut you in half as wind and tide drive you down on them. 1976 January 14, Cruising World:

Relateds

wind-rode