1. A shallow lagoon or pond separated from the sea by a narrow strip of land or sandbar.
Usage: chiefly Canadian and Newfoundland; also spelled barrachois

Examples

• The barachois along the coast provided a calm refuge for local fishermen.
• Salt water from the ocean occasionally breached the sandbar into the barachois.
• Many barachois in Newfoundland are important habitats for migratory birds.
• The narrow strip of beach separated the barachois from the Atlantic Ocean.
• Children waded in the shallow barachois on warm summer days.