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S: Britseafish – http://britishseafishing.co.uk/the-scarborough-reef-dispute/ (last access: 31 January 2014); Inquirer – https://globalnation.inquirer.net/238209/ph-has-every-right-to-ground-ships-in-sabina-analysts-say (last access: 12 June 2024).

N: 1. shoal (n.1): “place of shallow water,” c.1300, from Old English schealde (adj.), from sceald “shallow,” from Proto-Germanic *skala- (cognates: Swedish skäll “thin;” Low German schol, Frisian skol “not deep”), of uncertain origin. The terminal -d was dropped 16c.

2. shoal. An area where the water in a sea, lake, or river is not deep. Example: “fish lurking in the shoals“.

shoal. A small, raised area of sand just below the surface of the water. Example: “The boat ran aground on the shoal“.

3. Accumulation of sediment in a river channel or on a continental shelf that is potentially dangerous to ships. On the continental shelf it is conventionally taken to be less than 10 m (33 feet) below water level at low tide. Shoals are formed by essentially the same factors that produce offshore bars.

4. shoal; crib; mark; overfall; patch; pollack; ridge; rib; girdle; lurcher; sand; bantam: terms and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

5. shoal: term used at Natural Resources Canada – Earth Sciences Sector.

S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=shoal&searchmode=none (last access: 5 September 2014). 2&3. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/shoal, https://www.britannica.com/science/shoal (last access: 14 June 2024). 4&5. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=haut-fond&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 June 2024).

SYN: crib, mark, overfall, patch, pollack, ridge, rib, girdle, lurcher, sand, bantam. (depending on context)

S: TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&srchtxt=haut-fond&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs (last access: 14 June 2024)

CR: beaching place, dry dock, floating dock, grounding, shipyard, stranding, stranding site.