embayed

embayed
adjective /ɪmˈbeɪd/
a) Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured.

Yet ere thou be where thou wouldst be embayd, / Thou shalt upon another Forest set [...].

b) Of water: formed into a bay or bays.

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