Definition of Solent

1. Noun. A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Group relationships: English Channel
Generic synonyms: Sound, Strait

Definition of Solent

1. Proper noun. A stretch of sea separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solent

Solea lascaris
Solea solea
Soledad
Soleidae
Soleirolia
Soleirolia soleirolii
Solemnity of Mary
Solenichthyes
Solenidae
Solenogastres
Solenopotes capillatus
Solenopsis
Solenostemon
Solenostemon blumei
Solenostemon scutellarioides
Solent
Solferino
Solid South
Solidago bicolor
Solidago canadensis
Solidago missouriensis
Solidago multiradiata
Solidago nemoralis
Solidago odora
Solidago rugosa
Solidago sempervirens
Solidago spathulata
Solidarity
Solingen
Solo man

Literary usage of Solent

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

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Spithead is within those limits, and that part of the solent, ... FELL asked whether, having regard to the frequent serious accidents in the solent the ..."

2. The History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of by Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher (1906)
"On the 18th the French fleet appeared in the solent. A light breeze blew from the land, and Lisle came out in the hope that he might draw his adversary ..."

3. Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight by George Albemarle Bertie Dewar, John Vaughan (1901)
"ITINERARY THE SIXTH "THE BRITISH SEA" A good name for the solent—Leland at Portsmouth—Fight b» tween English and French Navies off Portsmouth—D'Anni.i ..."

4. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1877)
"10 « 10/ to Mr. S. Saunders, by the Capsizing of a Boat in the solent, 16_/ 9 e to Mi.is Amy Sedgwick, who Fell into the Thames near Staines, ..."

5. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Now tow'rds the solent ten as Stour her way doth ply, On Shaftsbury, by chance, she coat her crystal eye. Drayt. ..."

6. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1892)
"... gorgeous wings through the bright sky; I bow to no mandate save only to Him Who reigneth in glory on high. THE WRECK OF THE solent. FREDERIC LYSTER. ..."

7. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1897)
"solent YACHT RACING BY ... HUGHES PERHAPS there is no sport which has taken such a sudden jump into popularity as small-yacht racing on the solent. ..."

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