Sealocked
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Of a geographical region: accessible only through a body of seawater, and having no access by land. not-comparable
"[John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium for speculation or investment in these works of art."
Example
More examples"[John] Evelyn was astonished at the immense number of pictures he saw in the Dutch fairs. He attributes the briskness of the trade in paintings to the necessary limitations of the country. The farmer or the citizen of sea-locked Holland, unable to lay out his gains on tracts of land, found a medium for speculation or investment in these works of art."
Etymology
From sea + locked, probably modelled after landlocked.
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