waterlocked

[ waw-ter-lokt, wot-er- ]

adjective

1. enclosed entirely, or almost entirely, by water:

   a waterlocked nation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of waterlocked¹

1910–15; water + locked (past participle of lock ¹ )

Example Sentences

The narrow strip of land between the pond and the new channel made a little waterlocked kingdom of its own for the cottage, which had been originally a fishing hut, built in an Izaak Walton-ish mood by one of the owners of Maudeley.

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