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Landlocked adj.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land; having no border on the sea; as, a landlocked country.

(Zool.) Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams; said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.

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"Landlocked" Quotes from Famous Books

... Marmorice. It is on the mainland almost opposite Rhodes, and within a day's easy sail. We went into it quite by accident, for the entrance might be passed without notice, but we had been chasing a suspicious craft, and saw her disappear, and, following her, found ourselves in a great landlocked harbour, big enough to hold a hundred ships-of-war, and absolutely sheltered. It is by far the finest harbour that ...

— At Aboukir and Acre - A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt • George Alfred Henty

... from the king of Spain to take or destroy all the ships of his countrymen found trading in the South Sea, he soon had sufficient employment for his squadron and of fourteen ships belonging to St Malo, then on the coast, only one escaped him, which lay hid in a landlocked creek unseen till he had gone to leeward. Although in this he executed the orders of his catholic majesty, and did a material benefit to the British South Sea company, yet he almost ruined the trading part of the ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr

... breakers. But when you actually make for them you find the coast opening into archipelagoes of islands, to let you safely through into the snug little "tickles," between island and mainland, where you can ride out the storm as well as you could in a landlocked harbour. This is typical of many another pleasant surprise. Labrador decidedly improves on acquaintance. The fogs have been grossly exaggerated. The Atlantic seaboard is clearer than the British Isles, which, by the way, lie in exactly ...

— Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador • William Wood

Words linked to "Landlocked" : landlocked salmon, inland