high sea
noun
the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a country.
Usually high seas.
- the open, unenclosed waters of any sea or ocean; common highway.
- Law. the area within which transactions are subject to court of admiralty jurisdiction.
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Origin of high sea
before 1100; Middle English; Old English hēah-sǣ
OTHER WORDS FROM high sea
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Example sentences from the Web for high sea
Never before have two naval forces of such magnitude as the British and German high-sea fleets engaged in combat.
America's War for Humanity|Thomas Herbert Russell