Definition of cod war in English:

cod war

noun

informal

Any of several disputes between Britain and Iceland in the period 1958–76, concerning fishing rights in waters around Iceland.
Example sentencesExamples
- This triggered a cod war with British fishermen, who were excluded, without further ado, from a traditional fishing area.
- One of the few twentieth-century wars to produce an unambiguous victor was the Icelandic cod war.
- He had been thrown out of work following the cod wars and eventually became a victim of the failing industry.
- The 1970s saw two ‘cod wars’: small coast guard vessels would cut the trawls of British trawlers, narrowly escaping larger British navy vessels.’
- On occasion, estate management involves the use of force, such as during the ‘cod wars’ of the North Atlantic.
- It followed a long and difficult campaign to persuade Whitehall it should compensate men thrown out of work after the ‘cod wars’.
- During the 1970s he spent several holidays serving on a supply ship during the Icelandic cod wars.
- The Icelanders didn't allow the demise of their fish stocks by foreigners, witness the cod war when they kicked us out of their waters.
- Relations between Britain and Iceland reached crisis point during a series of ‘cod wars’ in the 1960s.

单词	cod war
释义	Definition of cod war in English: cod war noun informal Any of several disputes between Britain and Iceland in the period 1958–76, concerning fishing rights in waters around Iceland. Example sentencesExamples This triggered a cod war with British fishermen, who were excluded, without further ado, from a traditional fishing area. One of the few twentieth-century wars to produce an unambiguous victor was the Icelandic cod war. He had been thrown out of work following the cod wars and eventually became a victim of the failing industry. The 1970s saw two ‘cod wars’: small coast guard vessels would cut the trawls of British trawlers, narrowly escaping larger British navy vessels.’ On occasion, estate management involves the use of force, such as during the ‘cod wars’ of the North Atlantic. It followed a long and difficult campaign to persuade Whitehall it should compensate men thrown out of work after the ‘cod wars’. During the 1970s he spent several holidays serving on a supply ship during the Icelandic cod wars. The Icelanders didn't allow the demise of their fish stocks by foreigners, witness the cod war when they kicked us out of their waters. Relations between Britain and Iceland reached crisis point during a series of ‘cod wars’ in the 1960s.
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