Meanings
- not comparablecross-channel; pertaining to coastal areas of both southern England and northern France.
Brussels lies at the intersection of the transmanche route via Lille to London and there will be further links to Paris, Amsterdam and Cologne.
1994, Alan Harding, European Cities Towards 20003 more examples
However, the people who live there remain to their transmanche neighbours an enigma wrapped up in Gauloise smoke, a tribe more mysterious than the Hottentots.
2008 July 21, David Cox, “If these are the sticks, I'll take a forest”, in The GuardianUnfortunately, as the conference drew near, some speakers found that they were unable to attend; though this freed up some time to allow some very valuable alternative contributions, it meant that some critical topics were not addressed, notably, the ceramic and metalwork evidence in the transmanche region.
2009, Peter Clark, Bronze Age Connections: Cultural Contact in Prehistoric EuropeThe leader PNRCMO has come together with the Kent Downs AONB to develop a programme of enhancement and conservation of various natural habitats of the transmanche areas.
2011 December, Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Compilation of Anglo-French chalk grassland management
Origin
- Frenchtransmanche“cross-Channel”
- Englishtransmanche
Borrowed from French transmanche (“cross-Channel”).
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