bay

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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[Edit definition] ("in or coming from an inlet or outport on the coast of Newfoundland or Labrador" - def'n from ITP Nelson.)

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See also ITP Nelson, s.v. "bay⁶", which is marked Newfoundland.

Quotations

a municipal district serving also as a postal district.

1819

In the same spring, an unusual number of schooners and boats belonging to that bay were totally lost at the ice. . . .

1963

The island [Nfld] has eight bay sections and each, with its ring of coastal settlements, is a special area.