waterlocked

[ waw-ter-lokt, wot-er- ]

adjective

1. enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water:

   a waterlocked nation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of waterlocked¹

1910–15; water + locked (past participle of lock ¹ )

Example Sentences

More than 70,000 persons either were unable to reach their homes or, held in their waterlocked houses, were unable to reach land.

From Project Gutenberg