DCHP-2

tickle [perhaps < Brit. (western) dial. stickle rapids, riffle] Atlantic Provinces (esp.Nfid) DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

• 1a n.

  a narrow strait between an island and the mainland or, sometimes, between two islands.

  See also: tittle  

• 1b n.

  a narrow entrance into a harbor; sometimes, the narrows and the harbor together.

• 2 n. — North

  an opening in an icefield.

  See also: lead ((n.))