Associations to the word «Solent»

Wiktionary

SOLENT, proper noun. A stretch of sea separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight

Dictionary definition

SOLENT, noun. A strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats