embayment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

embayment
    n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but
         smaller than a gulf [syn: {bay}, {embayment}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Embayment \Em*bay"ment\, n.
   A bay. [R.]
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         The embayment which is terminated by the land of North
         Berwick.                                 --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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