Noun: eagre ee-gu(r)
Usage: UK, dialect
Usage: UK, dialect
- A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
"Surfers gathered to ride the famous eagre on the River Severn";
- tidal bore, bore, aegir [non-standard], eager [UK, dialect]
Sounds like: eage
Derived forms: eagres
Type of: tidal current, tidal flow
Encyclopedia: Eagre