bay bar

noun

variants or bay barrier

: a bank of sand or of sand and gravel deposited by waves and currents across the mouth of a bay so that the bay is no longer connected or is connected only by a narrow outlet with the main body of water

called also baymouth bar

Word History

Etymology

bay entry 9

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