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Definition of Thames River
1. Noun. The longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thames River
Literary usage of Thames River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Village London: The Story of Greater London by Edward Walford (1884)
"... Manor-house—The Parish Church—The Rectory - Waterside Taverns—Thames
Angling—House-boats on the Thames— River Scenery—Shepperton ..."
2. Historical Account of the Navigable Rivers, Canals, and Railways, Throughout by Joseph Priestley (1831)
"... by the suspension bridge across the Tees, to the proposed docks, this trade
will be considerably increased. Thames River. 2 Henry VI. ..."
3. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1879)
"PRIVATE BILLS (by Order}—Select Committee—Liverpool Lighting, nominated; Thames
River (Prevention of Floods), Other Members nominated. ..."
4. United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Part IV. From Point Judith to New by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Herbert Gouverneur Ogden, John Ross, Herbert Cornelius Graves, Harry L. Ford (1899)
"The Thames River flows into the eastern end of Long Island Sound, to the
northwestward of ... Norwich, a city at the head of navigation on the Thames River, ..."
5. Parliamentary Debates (1888)
"When he went to the district it was represented to him, as it had been represented
to his predecessor, that the debris coming down tho Thames River did ..."
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