Etymology

Spithead

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Today it means: A sea area in the Solent, southern England, between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Full definition →

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The story

From spit (“sandy peninsula”) + head.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.