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1897 W. B. Scott Introd. Geol. xx. 353 Fossils of land animals may demonstrate the former existence of land bridges between regions which have long been separated by water.

1898 W. Turner in Nature 13 Jan. 259/1 A ‘Neolithic land bridge’ was produced..and a free immigration of Neolithic man with his domestic animals became possible.

1911 J. L. Myres Dawn of Hist. vii. 138 Some think..that the Hyksos conquest of Egypt may have been a further adventure along this southern land-bridge.

1941 Manch. Guardian Weekly 26 Sept. 194/4 There is now also a land bridge to Russia through Iran, and the Government is certain to consider whether and when we can give any military aid to Russia by that route.

1950 A. L. Rowse Eng. of Elizabeth ii. 39 He cites the opinion of Master Twyne that a land-bridge once existed between Dover and Calais.

1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 28/1 The Port of Vancouver..put into operation the concept of the ‘Land-Bridge’.

1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 32/2 The land bridge concept which foresees Canada being used as a rail-link for containers moving between Europe and the Orient.

1970 Times 2 June (Container Suppl.) p. ii/2 What is this concept, land-bridge? The term refers to the part of a movement from one place to another..consisting of an overland haul between ports.

1973 A. Quinton Nature of Things x. 301 It is generally believed that Britain was connected to the continent of Europe by a land-bridge at some time in the fairly remote past.