Both Uses of
strait
in
Brave New World
- The mesa was like a ship becalmed in a strait of lion-coloured dust.
p. 107..1 *strait = narrow water passage
- On the prow of that stone ship in the centre of the strait, and seemingly a part of it, a shaped and geometrical outcrop of the naked rock, stood the pueblo of Malpais.
p. 107..3
Definition:
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(strait as in: Strait of Hormuz) a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water