a. [TRANS- 3, 8.] (Passing) across a channel, esp. across the English or Irish Channel; crossing the Channel.
1894. Westm. Gaz., 7 June, 7/1. Trans-channel cycling.
1901. Daily Chron., 6 Sept., 6/2. The Admiralty Pier [at Dover] from which the trans-Channel passenger traffic is now conducted.
1909. Westm. Gaz., 12 July, 7/1. The monoplane … would not be ready to make the actual trans-Channel flight.
