shoalnessn.
/ˈʃəʊlnɪs/ Shallowness (of water).
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shoalness1552
shoaliness1670
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Shallownes or sholenes in water, uadum.
1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 4v No great ships come thether, by reason of the sholdnes of the water thereabouts.
c1685 E. Halley in Naval Chron. 8 119 This shoalness of the sea, and the intercurrent continents, are the reason.
c1725 in J. K. Laughton Mem. Relating to Ld. Torrington (1889) 104 In regard of the shoalness of the coast in that bay.
1862 Dupont Desp. 4 Mar. in Times 27 Mar. The difficulties arising from the indirectness of the channel and from the shoalness of the bar.
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