Eagre (Noun)
Meaning
A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary).
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The estuary's unique geography made it prone to forming an eagre that threatened to capsize boats.
- The sailor had heard tales of the eagre that formed in the narrow strait during the full moon.
- As the tide changed, a massive eagre rose up and crashed against the shore.
- The locals warned visitors to beware of the eagre that formed in the bay during the spring tides.
- The eagre that developed in the river mouth was so powerful that it could sweep a person out to sea.