frith

British  

/ frɪθ /

noun

1. a variant of firth

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Example Sentences

Early next day he weighed his anchor and went down the frith.

From Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Where so ever ye fare by frith or by fell, My dear child, take heed how Trystram do you tell.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

This long frith is 120 miles in length including its windings, and communicates at its eastern end with the Baltic.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

They rode through the town-gate, and along the frith to the left or northwards, where the road wound near Tornborg.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

Also, the particular spot in a river or frith, where stationary nets are fixed.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir