A place covered with water too shallow for navigation with vessels ordinarily used for commercial purposes. The space between high and low water mark along the edge of an arm of the sea, bay, tidal river, etc. Thomas v. Hatch, 23 Fed. Cas. 946; Church v. Meeker, 34 Conn. 424; Jones v. Janney, 8 watts & S. (Pa.) 443, 42 Am. Dec. 309
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
