narrow seas

pl n

archaic the channels between Great Britain and the Continent and Great Britain and Ireland

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Those portions of the area which are taken to be land are very much divided by what appear to be narrow seas.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
After several hours of such fighting as had scarcely been seen before on the narrow seas, he struck his flag.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend Brady
A coxswain's wife would give more to know that her husband had crossed the narrow seas in safety.
Quentin Durward | Sir Walter Scott
But England was only across the narrow seas, and Prussia held great territories on the Rhine.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
There are certain Norwegian fjords and narrow seas which it frequents, and it is scarcely ever seen in the open sea.
Mythical Monsters | Charles Gould

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