Spithead

[ spit-hed ]

/ ˈspɪtˈhɛd /

a roadstead off the S coast of England between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

Example sentences from the Web for spithead

Soon after the action, we were ordered to Spithead, with duplicate despatches.

Frank Mildmay |Captain Frederick Marryat
We had a continuance of North West winds, and we flew before them, and in less than three weeks we dropped our anchor at Spithead.

Jacob Faithful |Captain Frederick Marryat
Two mutinies had broken out in the fleet, one at Spithead, and another at the Nore.

Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) |The Duke of Buckingham
He went off all right last Wednesday from Spithead, and he will write from Madeira.

The Doings Of Raffles Haw |Arthur Conan Doyle

The government sent Lords of the Admiralty here, and they offered pardon if we accepted the terms of the Spithead settlement.

No Defense, Complete |Gilbert Parker

Spithead

/ (ˌspɪtˈhɛd) /

an extensive anchorage between the mainland of England and the Isle of Wight, off Portsmouth