A shallow place large enough to hold half a human body sideways.

He found a shallow place and stepped carefully into the water.

Following his instructions, they had found a shallow place that allowed them to ford the river with little difficulty.

They find out shallow places, and are loath to wet their feet.

That fellow was just taking advantage of a natural shallow place in the river, though.

They forded the river on foot at a shallow place.

Getting to his feet, Hopalong started moving swiftly down the shallow place in which he now found himself.

In one wide, shallow place, they were floundering, at least a thousand of them.

His mind racing, he walked to the shallow place where the water had collected.

This shallow place in which I lay was scarcely three feet deep.