flat rapid

Northwest

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fast-moving stretch of water over a relatively smooth bed. See 1954 quote at riffle (def. 1c).

See: riffle ((n.))(def. 1c)

Quotations

1849

What I took for a ford at a distance was a "flat rapid" with a considerable depth of water running over a smooth bed of rock.