English Explanatory Dictionary

cross sea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

Word forms

cross sea cross seas

Etymology

The swells of the waves, when they meet at right angles, form cross shapes.

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