Definition of down-river in English English dictionary
Something that is moving down-river is moving towards the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is down-river is towards the mouth of a river. By 09.30 we had cast off and were heading down-river. a big tourist hotel a few hundred yards down-river Cologne is not so very far down-river from Mainz. up-river Down-river is also an adjective. downriver factories dispensing billows of smoke. up-river