La Hogue

American  

[la awg] / la ˈɔg /

Also La Houge

noun

1. a roadstead off the NW coast of France; naval battle, 1692.

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La Hogue British  

/ la ɔɡ /

noun

1. a roadstead off the NW coast of France: scene of the defeat of the French by the Dutch and English fleet (1692)

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Example Sentences

La Hogue and Trafalgar were purely naval; while Quebec was the result of a joint expedition in which the naval forces far exceeded the military.

From All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways by Wood, William Charles Henry

Source.—Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II. until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue, vol. i., p.

From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by Thomson, James Pringle

Cape La Hogue, derived by M. Depping from hougr, a promontory; Hoxay in Orkney, hougs and ay, an island.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The English who drove Tourville's fleet to its doom at La Hogue did their work effectively.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

The fleet that was to replace James II. on his throne was destroyed at La Hogue by Russell.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various