tidewater

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams
noun the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia

From tide + water.

"Tidewater men," said Allan to himself. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
She would lie in the current for a few days, before facing about and making for tidewater. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts
This region is now robbed of some of its terrors by the completion of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, which touches Death Valley at the old Amargosa Borax Works. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson

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