half-tide

And it must be remembered that the cliff exhibits an intensifying feature which some of those are without — sheer perpendicularity from the half-tide level.

A Pair of Blue Eyes 2006

At low tide there were acres of mud with screeching gulls scavenging; and at high tide steamerfuls of tourists charging past - with or without thumping music - for a quick trip up through the half-tide lock at Richmond into deeper waters above.

Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999

The boats put off about half-an-hour before midnight; but, owing to the darkness, and tide and half-tide, which must always make night attacks so uncertain on the coasts of the Channel, the divisions separated.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

When they were perfect in the relatively simple technique that was necessary, a date was set for the operation when there would be half-tide in the entrance channel at one o'clock in the morning and no moon.

The Breaking Wave Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1955

The river rose rapidly after half-tide, and it had reached full height by the time the fresh plugs were ready and the wire and short lines prepared.

Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle

For the first twenty-five yards its progress was unhindered; then a half-tide ledge barred its way.

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

It was at half-tide, and we experienced no difficulty in entering.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Crew thought at first they'd reached safety, but they soon found it was only a half-tide ledge.

Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Albert Walter Tolman

At half-tide on the following morning we crossed the bar, carrying no less than three and a half fathoms, and entered the beautiful river of Morotaba, which we ran up for the first fifteen miles under all sail, with a fresh, leading breeze.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

The timbers of the Golden Island opened with the crash, and she filled, and never lifted or thumped, but lay swept by each billow, like a rock at half-tide, immovable by reason of her heavy cargo.

Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Thomas Stanley Treanor