NavList:

George Huxtable wrote:

> The English Channel tidal currents can be strong, especially off
> headlands. One headland in particular, near my home port, St Alban's
> Head, has un underwater ridge running out from the point, athwart the
> tide. No hazard in itself, but it does powerful things to the tide.
> The bottom-current is deflected upwards to join the surface current in
> a series of whirlpools and kelds.

George, what's a "keld?"  I've consulted several dictionaries published
on this side of the Pond, and none has the word (although one on-line
dictionary did promise that if I subscribed to their super-edition it
might be in there...).

Thanks

Lu Abel

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