- CHANNEL, THE ENGLISH
- an arm of the Atlantic between France and England, 280 m. long and 100 m. wide at the mouth; the French call it La Manche (the sleeve) from its shape.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
CHANNEL, THE ENGLISH
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