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Definition of Scheldt

1. Noun. A river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea.

Definition of Scheldt

1. Proper noun. River flowing through France, Belgium and The Netherlands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scheldt

Literary usage of Scheldt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"He added that he considered the scheldt to be entirely open to the two riverain ... Two ships of the Austrian navy were ordered to navigate the scheldt, ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"(2) The second problem was the position on the left bank of the scheldt. ... On the left bank the two old forts Isabelle and Marie alone defend the scheldt. ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1812)
"The order of the day being moved, for going into a committee of inquiry, respecting the expedition to the scheldt, Lord Folkstone said, there was a subject ..."

4. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Sir Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Declaration of the Netherlands relative to the Redemption of the scheldt Toll. (Translation as laid before Parliament.-) Declaration of the Netherlands ..."

5. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"By the Treaties of Vienna, the Belgic provinces were united to Holland under the same sovereign, and the navigation of the scheldt was placed on the same ..."

6. Some Problems of the Peace Conference by Charles Homer Haskins, Robert Howard Lord (1920)
"Thus the Ter- neuzen canal, which connects Ghent with the scheldt, ... The scheldt furthers no major interest of hers; she has no important towns along its ..."

7. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"THE CLOSING OF THE scheldt scheldt. In the latter case, however, the treaty of 1648 between the Provinces and Spain acknowledged that the river was to be ..."

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