Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete form of Beachy Head.
Beachey Head, Sea-Fight there between the Engliſh, Dutch and French, 478
1719, Roger Coke, A Detection of the Court and State of England, During the Reigns of K. James I. Charles I. Charles II. and James II. As Also the Inter-regnum. […], volume II, fourth edition ([…]), London: […] J. Brotherton and W. Meadows, […]3 more examples
In the year 1690 the French totally defeated our fleet, joined to that of the Dutch, off Beachey Head.
1798, a True Patriot, Matter of Fact for the Multitude, London: […] J. Wright, […], page 36“I should be very happy, aunt---but Brighton is almost by Beachey Head; and if I could get so far, I could not expect to be welcome in such a smart place as that---poor scrubby midshipman as I am.”
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Mansfield Park: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 155From Rye about six miles is Haddock Cliff and the high land of Fairlight; between which and Beachey Head the coast is composed of coarse shingle, with small rocks interspersed.
1844, John Walker, Alexander Walker, Sailing Directions for the English Channel and Coast of France; with an Accurate Description of the Coasts of England, South of Ireland, and Channel islands. […], London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen & Co., […]; Liverpool: J. & A. Walker, […], page 30
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