shoaly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals
    shelvy; reefy; shelfy.
    • reefy shallows
    • shoaly waters

WordNet


Shoal"y adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of shoals, or shallow places.
    The tossing vessel sailed on shoaly ground. Dryden.

Webster 1913