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Definition of Indraught
1. n. An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet.
Definition of Indraught
1. Noun. An inward flow of air or water ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An opening from the sea into the land; an inlet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indraught
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indraught
Literary usage of Indraught
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Air-screws: An Introduction to the Aerofoil Theory of Screw Propulsion, by M. A. S. Riach (1916)
"One such factor, of which no quantitative notice has been taken in the previous
work, is the indraught of air in front of an airscrew, the effect of which ..."
2. The Conquest of Canada by George Warburton (1849)
"... at the Ferry of Blackrock, where it rushes past at the rate of seven miles an
hour; within the last mile there is a tremendous indraught to the Falls. ..."
3. The Depths of the Sea: An Account of the General Results of the Dredging by Charles Wyville Thomson, William Benjamin Carpenter, John Gwyn Jeffreys (1873)
"Antarctic indraught.—Vertical Distribution of Temperature in the North Atlantic
Basin. ALL the temperature investigations carried on in HMSS 'Lightning' and ..."
4. Experimental Researches Into the Properties and Motions of Fluids, with by William Ford Stanley (1881)
"Interior whirl systems caused by indraught of aerial currents over continental
... Following the condition of indraught previously briefly mentioned, art. ..."
5. Meteorology from the Encyclopædia Britannica by John Frederick William Herschel (1862)
"ing, an indraught from all the surrounding region will commence. Let the equal
lines Nn, 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, Ee, &c. (fig. 1) represent the forces and directions ..."
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