Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Reach

of a river. The part which lies between two points or bends; so called because it reaches from point to point.

When he drew near them he would turn from each,
And loudly whistle till he passed the Reach.

Crabbe: Borough.

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