A Scottish and Northern English geographical term for the point where a river meets the sea or a larger body of water—the 'foot' of the watercourse. It appears in numerous Scottish place names (e.g. Waterfoot in Ayrshire). Equivalent to the English 'river mouth' or the Gaelic 'inbhir' found in names like Inverness.
The fishing boats anchored at the waterfoot, waiting for the tide to let them cross the bar.
No comments yet — say something.
(Scotland) An estuary at the mouth of a river.
No comments yet — say something.
Add your own interpretation of "waterfoot".
Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
See all Regional & Other slang on Slangora.