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landlocked, pa. pple. and ppl. a.|ˈlændlɒkt|
[See lock v.]
Shut in or enclosed by land; almost entirely surrounded by land, as a harbour, etc. Also transf. of fish: Living in land-locked waters so as to be shut off from the sea.
1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 92 In the lesser of these ilands, is a cave for a small ship to ryde in, land-lockt. 1697Dryden Virg., Georg. Ded. (1721) I. 194 A good Conscience is a Port which is Land-lock'd on every side. 1740Woodroofe in Hanway's Trav. (1672) I. iv. lix. 275 Twelve or fifteen sail of ships might lie land-locked, with the utmost security. 1779Forrest Voy. N. Guinea 253 Went farther round into a land-locked bay, and moored the vessel. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xiv. 36 Decidedly the best harbour on the coast, being completely land-locked. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. 324 The taking of..land-locked salmon by any other means than by hook and hand-line is prohibited. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. ii. 44 The shores of the land-locked Baltic.
b. Hemmed in, limited, or hindered from movement by surrounding land.
1770Baretti Journ. Lond. to Genoa I. xiv. 88 Our land⁓lock'd Ladies on the other side the Alps. 1847Disraeli Tancred iii. vii, The little caravan was apparently land⁓locked. 1855Kingsley Glaucus (1878) 62 Along a pleasant road, with land-locked glimpses of the bay. |