Definition of "tideway" [tide•way]

• A channel in which a tidal current runs. (noun)

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• "Great West Wind Drift, setting squarely into the teeth of the easterly gale, kicked up a tideway sea that was monstrous."
• "There were hills there, and a wonderful town upon the hills that followed the slopes down to the tideway; a magic town, built of white harbour walls and gleaming palaces beside the sea."
• "Presently, just as the sun was setting, and shadows crossed the water, the sail (which had been gleaming like a candle-flame against the haze and upon the glaze) flickered and fell, and the bows swung round, and her figure was drawn upon the tideway."