Definition
A ridge of sand or shingle deposited across an estuary or river mouth where the outgoing stream meets the sea and loses velocity. Depth over it is the least on the approach and it shifts, so charted soundings may be out of date. With swell running against an ebb stream a bar can break heavily and become impassable even when depth is adequate; entry is normally planned for the last of the flood, with the stream fair.
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