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noun an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
noun an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
originFrom Middle English inleten, equivalent to in- + let. Cognate with Dutch inlaten (“to let in, admit”), Low German inlaten (“to let in”), German einlassen (“to admit, let in”), Swedish inlåta (“to enter, engage”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0