a. Obs. rare. Also vadeable. [ad. med.L. vadābilis (f. vadāre to wade through) or a. Sp. vadeable (Pg. vadeavel, OF. vadable).] Fordable.
1555. Watreman, Fardle Facions, Pref. 11. To the ende thei [sc. the rivers] might not onely be vadable, but passed also with drie foote.
1578. T. N., trans. Conq. W. India, 65. After hee had iourneyed three leagues, hee came to a faire vadeable Riuer.
1611. Florio, Vadoso, vadable, or foardable.
