noun
definition
A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
Examples of skerries in a Sentence
Gruay, "green isle" (10), Housay (68), Bruray (44), Bound (2) are members of the group of Out Skerries, about 4 m.
Numerous glacial marks, however, such as polished striated rocks, moraines, erratic blocks, &c., prove that the whole of Greenland, even the small islands and skerries outside the coast, has once been covered by the inland ice.
It is very picturesquely situated on the basaltic peninsula of Ramore Head, with a deep bay on either side, and a harbour protected by the natural breakwater known as the Skerries.
The islets are usually styled hams and the isolated rocks skerries.
The " Skerries " are famed for producing many good plaice throughout the year.
We then headed back across to the mainland and through the rocky skerries toward Plockton.
See seals clambering on the offshore skerries at low tide.
The boat hugs the coastline, passing the mouths of fjords and small skerries.