Bay
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An enclosure, or other contrivance, to keep in the water for the supply of a mill, so that the water may be able to drive the wheels of such mill.
Stat 27 Eliz. c.
19. (This is generally called a forebay.) A bending or curving of the shore of the sea or of a lake, so as to form a more or less inclosed body of water.
State v
Town of Gilmanton, 14 N. H. 477.