sea-reach

English

Noun

sea-reach (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.
    • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 193:
      The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of an interminable waterway.
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