narrow seas

British  

plural noun

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

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Example Sentences

The first colonists would thus have needed boats to cross some narrow seas in order to settle this land.

From Economist • Jan. 17, 2013

It looks now as if the battle were to be fought on the narrow seas that separate Britain from the Continent.

From Time Magazine Archive

He could not win that command of the narrow seas on which the success of his invasion depended.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France by Parrott, James Edward

A hundred years later another fleet conveyed a foreign army across the narrow seas from the Netherlands to change effectively the course of English affairs.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard

The waves were bounding about us with that short and angry leap peculiar, in tempestuous weather, to the narrow seas between England and France.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick