We took the cross-channel ferry from Dover to Calais.
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Cross-channel
Synonyms for "cross-channel"
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Translations
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French
2 entries- outre-Manche adj (on the other side of the English channel)
- transmanche adj (on both sides of the English channel)
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The intelligent ship-owner will rejoice to find, that in the partition of trade, which is the inevitable consequence of a state of peace, England still retains the lion's share; whilst for a fine weather and cross channel trade, our neighbours (to use a mariner's phrase) can put to sea in a hencoop, the superiority of our ships and crews secures a preference for British bottoms where dangers are to be run and risks surmounted.
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the Gauls, who carried on the cross-channel trade between Gaul and Britain, were the inhabitants of the northern coast.
Source: wiktionary
was it not worth while ... for the country to ... make Dover Harbour really safe and adequate ... they thereby greatly promoted the convenience and safety of the cross-Channel traffic
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