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high sea
[ hahy see ]
noun
- the sea or ocean beyond the three-mile limit or territorial waters of a state or nation.
- Usually high seas.
- the open, unenclosed waters of any sea or ocean; common waterway:
The book was inspired by her own adventures on the high seas.
Maritime pollution on the high seas is becoming a matter of grave consequence for coastal communities.
- Law. the area within which transactions are subject to the jurisdiction of the admiralty court.
Other Words From
- high-sea adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of high sea1
Example Sentences
After all, a few of Santorini’s eruptions still occurred amidst high sea levels.
Of course, maritime law is also meant to prevent collisions on the high seas.
The names of many of the new companies and technologies created to combat the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems can evoke thrilling acts of derring-do on the high seas.
In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift’s hero impatiently sheds his known turf for the high seas and Lilliput only to escape to the home he thought he was escaping in the first place, where he finds himself more estranged than when he went.
The system of barriers was created to keep high seas from inundating the city—a common event in Venice, but more frequent and severe thanks to climate change.
He gave a glance to the small island, which appeared at a convenient distance, and the tiny skiff was on the high sea.
A high sea arose and the conformation of the beach on the north-western side of the isthmus was completely changed.
The weather was now unfavourable again, blowing strong from the westward with a high sea.
I was afraid our masts showed to seaward and might betray us to some curious passer on the high sea.
For the good of man, his father and grandfather planted the high sea-lights upon the Inchcape and the Tyree Coast.
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