Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Backwater

(1) Water at the lower end of a millrace to check the speed of the wheel. (2) A current of water from the inland, which clears off the deposit of sand and silt left by the action of the sea; as the Backwater of Weymouth.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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