tide lock

noun

a lock at the entrance to a tidal basin.

Origin of tide lock

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby tide lock

tiddlywinks, tide, tide gage, tide gate, tide in the affairs of men, there is a, tide lock, tide mill, tide over, tide pool, tide race, tide table

Example sentences from the Web for tide lock

  • At Eddyville the first lock, a tide-lock, bars the way, and here the horses and mules are kept.

    A Tale of the Tow-Path |Homer Greene