fordable

American  

[fawrd-uh-buhl] / ˈfɔrd ə bəl /

adjective

1. (of a river or stream) shallow enough to be safely forded.

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Example Sentences

For example, in the Chinese town of Tumen, the only border barrier was a narrow river, fordable by a determined escapee in seconds.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2023

In a desperate attempt to prove that the straits were anything but dire, Mr. Coppola and director of photography Vittorio Storaro tried to show the adjustors that the “stream” was in fact fordable.

From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2015

In it, the English author lays out rules for a strategic version of toy soldiers—the number of moves required “to pass a fordable river,” “to embark into boats,” and “to unlimber guns.”

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2012

The Nive, and other rivers in the area like the Gaves, can be 75 ft. across in places, though tributaries are much smaller and easily fordable in waders.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fortunately for the Buccaneers, a rock appeared just above water at some distance from the shore, and the way to it being fordable, they waded thither.

From History of the Buccaneers of America by Burney, James