tiderace
nounEtymology From tide + race.
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A fast-moving tidal current forced through a narrow channel or around an obstruction, creating turbulent water conditions with waves, eddies, and strong currents.
- “We bore our naked swords in our hands, thinking to use them against whales as we struggled up through the tideraces of the coves.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 27: