subs. phr. (old).—The English Channel: also THE DITCH (q.v.): cf. HERRING-POND.
1585. PUTTENHAM, Art of English Poesie, 277. [Charles V spoke of the English Channel as] THE BROAD DITCH.
subs. phr. (old).—The English Channel: also THE DITCH (q.v.): cf. HERRING-POND.
1585. PUTTENHAM, Art of English Poesie, 277. [Charles V spoke of the English Channel as] THE BROAD DITCH.
