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Definition of Naval blockade
1. Noun. The interdiction of a nation's lines of communication at sea by the use of naval power.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naval Blockade
Literary usage of Naval blockade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Practice of Marine Insurance: Deduced from a Critical by John Duer (1845)
"A naval blockade doei not apply to interior communications—$ 32. Inquiry into
the legal effects of a siege on land, on a communication by sea—$ 33. ..."
2. British East Africa; Or, Ibea: A History of the Formation and Work of the by P. L. McDermott (1893)
"... CHAPTER II THE naval blockade—THE RUNAWAY SLAVES THE German East African
Company formally received charge from the Sultan, on the August 1888, ..."
3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The President ordered lifting of US naval blockade of Cuba for two days during
... I. naval blockade of Cuba and aerial watch on missile bases were resumed. ..."
4. Derelicts: An Account of Ships Lost at Sea in General Commercial Traffic and by James Sprunt (1920)
"... perhaps the most successful of all the naval blockade runners. In the Venus
he had many hairbreadth escapes, notably on one occasion when he ran the ..."
5. Meeting the North Korean Nuclear Challenge: Report of an Independent Task Force by Morton Abramowitz, James T. Laney, Eric Heginbotham (2003)
"On a naval blockade Winston Lord I agree in general terms with the report but do
not endorse its recommendations about a naval blockade. ..."
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