Spithead

[ spit-hed ]

noun

a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

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How to use Spithead in a sentence

Anson arrived at Spithead, after a voyage of three years and nine months round the world.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
In the following year he was about to put to sea when the Spithead fleet mutinied.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 | Various
The west tide was going, and a long stretch was made across Spithead, 'Britannia' giving her rival a blistering for a time.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.
Howe commanded the channel fleet; he kept it at Spithead, and it did nothing of importance during the year.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
The Scorpion was in such a crazy state that she had nearly foundered between Spithead and Plymouth.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Spithead

Spithead

/ (ˌspɪtˈhɛd) /

noun

an extensive anchorage between the mainland of England and the Isle of Wight, off Portsmouth

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