strait
/stɹeɪt/ nom B2En français : détroit
- A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. · the Strait of Gibraltar
- A narrow pass, passage or street.
- A neck of land; an isthmus.
- A difficult position. · to be in dire straits
Pluriel straits
Dans la bibliothèque
The ship drew on and had safely passed the strait, which some volcanic shock has made between the Calasareigne and Jaros islands; had doubled Pomègue, and approached the harbor under topsails, jib, and spanker, but so slowly and sedately that the idlers, with that instinct which is the forerunner of evil, asked one another what misfortune could have happened on board.
A HORSE, Ox, and Dog, driven to great straits by the cold, sought shelter and protection from Man.
The first was just disappearing in the straits of Bonifacio; the other, following an opposite direction, was about to round the Island of Corsica.
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