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Definition of Shoaling
1. a. Becoming shallow gradually.
Definition of Shoaling
1. Verb. (present participle of shoal) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoaling
1. shoal [v] - See also: shoal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoaling
Literary usage of Shoaling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Design and Construction of Harbours: A Treatise on Maritime Engineering by Thomas Stevenson (1874)
"Movement of Shingle—shoaling of Harbours—Artificial Scouring—Dredging Sand-drifts
... shoaling of Inclosed Harbours.—It is a mistake to suppose that, ..."
2. The Design and Construction of Harbours: A Treatise on Maritime Engineering by Thomas Stevenson (1874)
"Movement of Shingle—shoaling of Harbours—Artificial Scouring—Dredging Sand-drifts
... shoaling of Inclosed Harbours.—It is a mistake to suppose that, ..."
3. Rivers and Canals: The Flow, Control, and Improvement of Rivers and the by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1896)
"... causes of success, compared with Rhone works, gradual shoaling in front,
improvement of Sulina branch; Mississippi Jetties, South Pass Outlet selected, ..."
4. The Sea-fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"... sink and Eggs that float—Habit of shoaling in Fish—Migrations of Mackerel—The
Herring—A Cold-water Fish—Comparison with the Pilchard—Curious alternation ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The rise of a tide-wave near the mouth of a river tug place rapidly by the shoaling
of the sea and the ..."
6. The Romance of the World's Fisheries: Interesting Descriptions of the Many by Sidney Harry Wright (1908)
"... THE PILCHARD—THE STURGEON The Cornish fisherman—The pilchard—shoaling—Drift -
nets and seines—The "seine-boat"—Shooting the net—The stop-seines— Sharks! ..."
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