tide-rode

English

Adjective

tide-rode (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Swung by the tide when anchored.
   • 1822, Thomas Arnold, The American Practical Lunarian:

     To cast a ship when tide-rode with the wind ahead, the same practice must be followed with the sails, as to cast a ship when wind-rode and no current.

   • 1943, United States Hydrographic Office, Sailing Directions for the Coast of China:

     It is advisable to moor, as vessels are always tide rode

   • 1976 January, Cruising World:

     Freighters and tankers are anchored in the busy basin too, often tide-rode, their anchor chains bar tight and seeming eager to cut you in half as wind and tide drive you down on them.

See also

• wind-rode

References

• “tide-rode”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• doitered