עיקולא

עִיקּוּלָא, עִקּ׳m., pl. עִיקּוּלֵי, (עֲקַל) עִקּ׳ curves, small bays. Keth.97a איגלאי … בע׳ הוו קיימי it turned out that the ship (carrying provisions) was waiting in the bays (until the high water would subside, and it could go to harbor). Ab. Zar.34b התם ע׳ ופשורי איכא there (along the coast from Tyre to Accho) are bays (formed by protruding rocks) and shallow waters caused by melting snows.