Eagre (noun)
ee-gr
(Br/En) a tidal bore or flood.
1640–50; apparently representing earlier agar, ager, obscurely akin to hyger, higre; (compare Anglo-Latin (12th century) higra the tidal bore of the Severn); compared with Old English ēgor, eogor flood, high tide, though preservation of g in modern forms is problematic
Example sentences
“The River Severn eagre swept up the banks dragging months of debris down the river.”
