La Manche

British  

/ la mɑ̃ʃ /

noun

1. See Manche

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Example Sentences

But I happened to be there with a French fisherman, while making a Radio 4 documentary, and was told a gale was starting out in the middle of La Manche, invisible to us.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020

Ostert, a nimble stag, was chased by English huntsmen nine years ago into what they call the English Channel and Frenchmen call La Manche.

From Time Magazine Archive

But lady- tourists from the other side of La Manche?

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

Allain knew where to find men; twenty-five leagues from Caen, in the department of La Manche, some way from any highroad, is situated the village of La Mancellière, whose men were all refractories.

From The House of the Combrays by Le Notre, G., [pseud.]

The word formerly used to denote the narrows of a channel, and particularly applied to the Strait of Dover, still called La Manche by the French.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir