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‖ haff|hæf|
[Ger., f. (M)LG. haf sea, corresp. to ON. haf, OE. hæf sea.]
A shallow freshwater lagoon found at a river mouth, esp. one of those on the Baltic coast.
1859S. O. Beeton Dict. Univ. Information 582/2 Haff, haf, an extensive bay or gulf of Pomerania... 2. Of East Prussia... 3. A very extensive bay of the Baltic. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 294/1 The shore of the Baltic is generally low. Along the southern coast it is for the most part sandy... Where streams come down, there are often fresh-water lakes termed haffs, which are separated from the sea by narrow spits called nehrungs. 1879Ibid. X. 447/1 The ‘haffs’ or lagoons on the Baltic. 1933Discovery June 203/1 He writes from experience of fishing in general—on Exmoor, in a Prussian haff, in Cornwall, on Scottish waters, and in Ireland. |