SPITHEAD

SPITHEAD
   the eastern portion of the strait which separates the Isle of Wight from the Hampshire coast, 14 m. long, with an average breadth of 4 m.; is a sheltered and safe riding for ships, and as such is much used by the British navy; receives its name from a long "spit" of sandbank jutting out from the mainland.
   See the SOLENT.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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