Leichhardt

British  

/ ˈlaɪkˌhɑːt, ˈlaiçhart /

noun

1. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West

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Example Sentences

For Leichhardt, initial results were poor: the “rich, mellow pear-like” flesh of the fruit, he wrote, proved to be “hot, and made our lips and tongues very sore.”

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

A cousin to the Australian native that Leichhardt encountered, pandan has long been cultivated in Southeast Asia but never been found spontaneously occurring, without human intervention, in the wild.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

At 5.30am on a cold Thursday morning, it’s still pitch black outside the SBG gym in Leichhardt.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2019

Leichhardt Federal MP and former crocodile farmer Warren Entsch says few people understand the crocodile industry and "it's easy to bring emotional claptrap".

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2016

They followed down the Elsey River to the Roper, so called by Leichhardt, and passed a camp of some explorers some six or seven years old, where trees had been cut with sharp axes.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward