Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tidal bore.
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Examples
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Pat also insisted we time the trek to coincide with a September mascaret (French for "tidal bore") on the Dordogne River, which we could ride before setting off on our trek.
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Twenty minutes and three miles later, the mascaret finally petered out.
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