To enclose or surround as if with a bay; to contain within a bay-like space.
From 'be-' plus 'bay' (a body of water curved into the land). This creates a verb meaning to form into or enclose within a bay-like formation.
Sailors and geographers used 'bebay' to describe how coastlines could be shaped to naturally contain ships—it's a geographical verb describing protective natural formations.
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