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Meanings of ebbtide in English

The tide while water is flowing out.

        Usage of ebbtide in English
        1
        In those conditions the ebbtide could be unpredictably fierce.
        Hornblower and the Crisis
        2
        Charleston had shown a great party in the ebbtide of disintegration, tainted by the spirit of disunion.
        Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02
        3
        The current gurgled and sucked about her run, as the ebbtide washed her black hull on its way to the sea.
        Voyage of the Paper Canoe / A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles...
        4
        Simone Buonarroti, his father, belonged to an ebbtide branch of the nobility that had lost everything but the memory of great ancestors turned to dust.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
        5
        He said temporary water pumps had been deployed to flood-prone Flockton, Maces and Ebbtide Roads as a precaution.
        Radio NZ
        Frequent collocations
        Ebbtide through the time