Meaning of seagirt | Babel Free

Definitions

Engirdled by the sea, as an island.

not-comparable, poetic, rare

Examples

“See Borneo's sea-girt shore where ever flow / the perfumed liquor's thick and curded gouts, / the tears of forest-trees men "Camphor" clepe, / wherefore that Island crop of Fame shall reap.”

“Under the sea-girt cliffs the shining ship was readied, laden with coats of mail, swords, and gleaming war harness.”

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