spurn-water Naut.
[f. spurn v.1]
(See latest quot.)
| 1347–9 Acc. Exch. K.R. 25/32 Spornewaters. 1407 Ibid. 44/11 m. 6 In iij peciis maeremii..pro spurnewaters inde faciendis. 1828–32 in Webster. c 1850 Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 151 Spurn-water, a channel left above the ends of a deck to prevent water from coming any farther. |