Definition of "tide-water" [tide-water]

• Water affected by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At the head of tide-water on the river there is a dam, and above it is a large mill-pond, where most of the people who row and sail keep their boats all summer long."
• "Much of the timber was cut so that it would fall almost into tide-water."
• "Leaving the frontier of Missouri in May, 1843, and often diverging from his route for the sake of expanding his field of observation, he had arrived in the tide-water region of Columbia in the month of"