Translation for "altarme" to english

Altarme

• old arms
• oxbow

Translation examples

old arms

Wind frischte auf, trug Gerüche heran: Brackig roch es vom nahen Pieschener Hafen, von den Elb-Altarmen, in denen das Flußwasser träge stand und selbst in strengen Wintern nur mürbes Eis bildete.
The breeze freshened, bringing along smells: there was the brackish smell of the nearby Pieschen harbour, coming from the old arms of the Elbe in which the river water was stagnant and even in a harsh winter only formed soft ice.