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Definitions
A double tide in which the water rises or falls in two stages.
Word origin
From Middle English agger (“heap, pile”), from Latin agger (“earthwork, rubble, rampart”), from ad- (“toward, towards”) + gerere (“to carry”).
Used in a sentence
“A double tide or agger is a high tide consisting of two maxima of nearly the same height, separated by a relatively small depression; or a low tide consisting of two minima separated by a relatively small elevation.”
“By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.”
“But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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