transferred. A narrow neck of land or channel of water. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > isthmus (15) halse1488 transferred. A narrow neck of land or channel of water. Obsolete. necka1544 A narrow piece of land with water on each side; an isthmus or narrow promontory. balka1552 A dividing ridge (of land); an isthmus; a bar of sand, etc. Obsolete. isthmus1555 Geography. A narrow portion of land, enclosed on each side by water, and connecting two larger bodies of land; a neck of land. distrait1562 A narrow passage (of land or water); an isthmus or strait. strait1562 A narrow strip of land with water on each side, an isthmus. Now rare (poetic). strictland1577 An isthmus. land-passage1601 †(a) an isthmus; (b) passage by land. land-strait1601 an isthmus. isthm1609 = isthmus, n. land-neck1619 an isthmus. land-connection1876 = land-bridge n. (a). thoroughfare1876 A narrow stretch of land or water, lying between two larger bodies of water, that is habitually traversed by wildfowl. land-bridge1897 (a) a connection (usually prehistoric) between two land masses; (b) an overland route linking countries more directly than previously, esp. one used… tombolo1897 A bar or spit of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland. |
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