tide table

noun

a table listing the predicted times and heights of the tides for specific dates and places.

tide table

a table showing the height of the tide at different times of day over a period at a particular place

First recorded in 1585–95

I exclude all the technicalities that I can, but the reader should take note that the tide-table is very important henceforward.

I do not say this rule would enable you to construct a respectable tide-table.

He called in one of the clerks, and told him to go out to get him an almanac with a tide-table.

This curve is then measured, and the year's tide table readily made out.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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