Both Uses of
shoal
in
The Aeneid
- Cymothoe, Triton, and the sea-green train Of beauteous nymphs, the daughters of the main, Clear from the rocks the vessels with their hands: The god himself with ready trident stands, And opes the deep, and spreads the moving sands; Then heaves them off the shoals.†
Book 1
- Sergesthus in the Centaur soon he pass'd, Wedg'd in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast.†
Book 5 *
Definition:
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(shoal as in: run aground on a shoal) an area of shallow water -- especially a navigation hazard, and often caused by a deposit of sand (sandbank)