tideland

tideland
/tuyd"land'/, n.
1. land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
2. Often, tidelands. submerged offshore land within the territorial waters of a state or nation.
[1795-1805; TIDE1 + LAND]

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