sea-loch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a long, narrow arm of the sea extending into the land, especially on the coast of Scotland

   Fishing boats sheltered in the sea-loch while the Atlantic storm passed.

A compound of sea and loch. Loch entered Scots from Scottish Gaelic loch, 'lake or sea inlet,' cognate with Irish loch. The modifier distinguishes a tidal coastal inlet from an inland freshwater loch.

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