tideful

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English

Etymology

From tide +‎ -ful.

Adjective

tideful (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, obsolete) Flooded with the waters of a tide.

Noun

tideful (plural tidefuls)

  1. (rare) An amount carried by the tide.
    • 1938, Glasgow (Scotland). Empire Exhibition, 1938. Highlands Committee, The Highlands and the Highlanders (page 110)
      tidefuls of seaweed
    • 1952, Eric Taverner, The Making of a Trout Stream, page 35:
      [] a tideful of summer-fish coming up Moy to Ballina.