anabranch

• An arm or anabranch, at first containing much water, and coming from the north, was on our right for some miles. —  Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
• Sometimes used for an anabranch (a bend in a river cut off by a new channel, but more often used for one that, in dry season or droughts especially, is cut off at either or both ends from the main stream. —  While the Billy Boils
• Not all of these are peculiar to Australian slang, but are important in Lawson's stories, and carry overtones anabranch: A bend in a river that has been cut through by the stream The main current now runs straight, the anabranch diverges and then rejoins. —  Children of the Bush
• Sometimes used for an anabranch, but more often used for one that, in dry season or droughts especially, is cut off at either or both ends from the main stream It is often just a muddy pool, and may indeed dry up completely blackfellow: condescending for Australian Aboriginal blackleg: someone who is employed to cross a union picket line to break a workers' strike. —  Children of the Bush
• The main current now runs straight, the anabranch diverges and then rejoins. —  Children of the Bush

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms