2. Adjective. Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured. ¹
3. Adjective. Of water: formed into a bay or bays. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embayed
1. embay [v] - See also: embay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embayed
Literary usage of Embayed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises by Richard Jeffry Cleveland (1850)
"... Passage to Cape de Verde Islands— Tornado^-St. Paul's on the Equator—'Pernambuco—
Kio de la Plata—Cape Horn—embayed—Passage of the Cape — Land, ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"The parlor ie on the west side of the hall, and, with its embayed window, forms
a noble apartment. On the east side of the hall are located the sitting-room ..."
3. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1835)
"... ami here cannot be a finer one any where: twenty to twenty fire ret-l of water
in front of the town, and completely embayed from any lake wind*; ..."
4. Seasons with the Sea-horses; Or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas by James Lamont (1861)
"Danger of getting embayed. — Narrow Escape. 28th.—FOG in the morning confined us
to the sloop during the early part of the day. When it cleared, a schooner ..."
5. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... current across harbour entrance objectionable —Widths of entrances—Reduction
of waves—Relative advantages of embayed and salient sites for harbours. ..."
6. First Year Science by William Henry Snyder (1914)
"embayed Plains. — If a coastal plain is submerged after it has been somewhat
eroded, the water backs up into the stream valleys and forms reentrant bays. ..."
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