deeply-indented

The meadow-lands adjacent to the Senza and Coanza being underlaid by that marly tufa which abounds toward the coast, and containing the same shells, show that, previous to the elevation of that side of the country, this region possessed some deeply-indented bays.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The bathing place was a deeply-indented bay, with a long sloping beach, -- an ideal spot, with the camp plainly visible to the east.

The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands Roger Thompson Finlay

The others joined him and they all gazed at the cluster of deeply-indented hoof-marks, indicating where the horse had propped and whirled about.

The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

As we continue towards the setting sun, the deeply-indented edges of the Wolds begin to appear, and the roads generally make great plunges into the valley of the Derwent.

Yorkshire Gordon Home 1923

And the setting for the lively picture was the deeply-indented bay, surrounded with quaintly pretty houses among vineyards and olive groves, which climbed terrace after terrace to a mountainous horse-shoe, hemming in the port.

My Friend the Chauffeur Frederic [Illustrator] Lowenheim 1901

The light fell upon his upturned face, and I saw once more the hawk-like grace of his countenance, with the single deeply-indented line of care upon his brow, and the protruding beard which marks the passionate nature.

The Captain of the Polestar and other Tales 1894

The light fell upon his upturned face, and I saw once more the hawk-like grace of his countenance, with the single deeply-indented line of care upon his brow, and the protruding beard which marks the passionate nature.

The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

"Get down and come back a few steps," Joe answered; and on my joining him, he pointed out to me in a sandy patch at the mouth of a steep draw coming in from the left, some deeply-indented wheel-marks.

The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Chase [Illustrator] Emerson 1887

The headlands of this deeply-indented coast -- the capes of the Laxe and Porsanger Fjords, and of Mageröe -- lay around us, in different degrees of distance, but all with foreheads touched with supernatural glory.

Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Bayard Taylor 1851

The traveller who attempts to follow the course of the stream in question will have to keep upon the cliffs above: for no nearer can he approach its deeply-indented channel.

The Death Shot A Story Retold Mayne Reid 1850