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shoal noun1. ME.
[from SHOAL adjective.]
An area of shallow water; a submerged sandbank, esp. one that is visible at low water; fig. a hidden danger or difficulty (usu. in pl.).
Yachting World Running aground is the result of..a mistake in assessing the depth of water over a shoal. London Review of Books The real shoals ahead lie in policy and in SDP/Liberal relations.
Comb.: shoal-mark a buoy or other mark set to indicate a shoal.