Navigable river or stream
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
At common law, a river or stream in which the tide ebbs and flows, or as far as the tide ebbs and flows.
3 Kent, Conun. 412, 414, 417, 418; 2 Hil. Real Prop. 90, 91.
But as to the definition in American law, see supra