Noun : the road to peace. From Dictionary.com.
Meanwhile Linois had taken refuge in the tiny curve of the Spanish coast known as the roadstead of Algeciras. From Wordnik.com. [Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes] Reference
Sixteen years ago the hire of a boat from the harbour to the roadstead was a piastre and a half: now it is at least five. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
Only vessels of light draft can enter; large vessels anchor in the roadstead, which is the channel between Yloilo harbour and Guimarás Island. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
The roadstead of Monrovia was made about noon, when. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
Large ships have to anchor outside in the open roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Late in the afternoon we brought up in the roadstead of. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The Petit Rade offers a spacious and most secure roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Angara, is an open roadstead at the foot of steep mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The roadstead is quite open, and we find here a very heavy swell. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
Meshed i Sar, the port, or roadstead of Barfurush, the steamers of the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Bay, which is a safe roadstead within the larger one called False Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Gleamed on the sky and the sea, and the ships that lay in the roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
The only roadstead safe all the year round is Temukus on the north coast. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The Persian fleet sailed from the roadstead of Phalerum during that same night. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
The roadstead, with seven fathoms water on it, lies seven miles from the river's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
There was some delay in getting supplies ashore from vessels at anchor in the open roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Beyond is the roadstead, with generally one or more vessels of war moored off the village of Les Vieux. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Having made up our minds not to remain more than the night at this place, the cutter lay in the roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
In the great roadstead of the Downs, among the pilots and the captains, there were anxious hearts that day. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference
If we leave Philippeville in the evening, we find ourselves next morning in the handsome roadstead of Bona. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873] Reference
Twenty-seven ships in all, small and large, were moored in four lines in the roadstead of Fasana, near Pola. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
At noon we reached Kobé, or Hiogo, and let go our anchor far out in what appears to be an open roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The process of coaling ship there is a tedious one, the port being an open roadstead, and there are no wharves. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
"Affondatore," which had been injured in the battle, sank at her anchors when a sudden gale swept the roadstead of Ancona. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
London makes a wonderful showing Regatta week, and flying the flags of innumerable yacht clubs, were crowding the roadstead. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
Melbourne; while Adelaide compels them to stay outside in the middle of the road, or roadstead, and a very rough roadstead it is. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2)] Reference
Lemnos has a huge roadstead, open to the south, and at present protected at the two southern points by big guns and searchlights. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
We and another transport are anchored in the middle of the roadstead, awaiting the arrival of the other members of the expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
Table Bay in itself is not very imposing; is a bad roadstead, and vessels intending to make any stay at the colony, go round to Simon's. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
But the southeaster abated, and the usual northwest wind came out again, and we sailed steadily down into the roadstead of Monterey Bay. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
We anchored in the open roadstead, and spent there about ten days, visiting all the usual places of interest, its foretop, main-top, mizzen-top, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Chrysantheme's hand, and descending once more by the slope which leads to the quays and the shipping, he crosses the roadstead in a sampan, to get on board the 'Triomphante.'. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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