land bridge
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English
Noun
land bridge (plural land bridges)
- (biogeography) An isthmus or other land connection between what at other times are separate land masses.
- (Ireland, British, travel) Travel by ferry from one country, via another country by road, then by another ferry crossing to a third country. An example is from Ireland by ferry to the UK, by road to the opposite coast, then ferry to France.
- 2021 December 29, Philip Haigh, “Rail's role in unifying Great Britain and Northern Ireland”, in RAIL, number 947, page 25:
- His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated. Until very recently, the A55 formed part of a land bridge between Ireland and continental Europe. However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, [...].
Derived terms
Translations
isthmus
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travel by ferry
References
- “land bridge”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.