Streight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Streight is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of strait.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of strait.
More Meanings
- Obsolete spelling of straight.
Example Sentences
As soon as the Boat was hoisted in we made sail & pursued our course along shore till about noon when we enterd the famous Streights of Juan de Fuca.
Notwithstanding, to speak strictly in their natural figure they are streight, nor have their spines convexed, or more considerably embowed, than Sharks, Porpoises, Whales, and other Cetaceous animals [...].
IT is evident, from the above deſcription, that thoſe iſlands lay to the ſouth-weft of Hercules's Pillars, or Streights of Gibraltar; for he ſays, " the rough northerly and eaſterly winds which blow " from the coaſts of Europe and Africa towards thoſe iſlands ; " conſequently they could not be any of the Azores or Weſtern Iſlands, the ſouthermoſt of which does not lie farther ſouth than the Streights of Gibraltar.
While we were in this situation, one day the admiral, with most of the principal officers, and many people of all stations, being on shore, about seven o'clock in the evening we were alarmed by signals from the frigates stationed for that purpose; and in an instant there was a general cry that the French fleet was out, and just passing through the streights. - "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano", by Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa
Word Forms
- streights
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include strait, straight, stear, winde, breake, downe.
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