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

One of its exploits was to compel the Dutch to pay a large sum for the privilege of fishing in the narrow seas about Great Britain.

From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

This done, he was to cover the transportation across the narrow seas of the Spanish army that was already operating in the Netherlands, under the Duke of Parma.

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

It helped to make of the narrow seas an English channel.

From The Reign of Mary Tudor by Rhys, Ernest