cross-channel

== English == === Alternative forms === cross channel, cross-Channel === Etymology === From cross- +‎ channel. === Adjective === cross-channel (not comparable) That travels across a channel of water; relating to somewhere on the opposite side of the channel (UK) Relating to the English Channel; to, from, or on the Continent; involving both Britain and the Continent, especially France 1858 (May 1) Notes & Queries, 2nd Series, v.122 p.349 the Gauls, who carried on the cross-channel trade between Gaul and Britain, were the inhabitants of the northern coast. 1876 (May 23) Baron Carlingford, House of Commons, v229 c1108 was it not worth while ... for the country to ... make Dover Harbour really safe and adequate ... they thereby greatly promoted the convenience and safety of the cross-Channel traffic (chiefly Ireland, dated in UK) Relating to the body of water between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland (the Irish Sea, Saint George's Channel, and the North Channel); to, from, or in the other of the two islands 1825 (February 24) House of Lords Sessional Papers, v.120: Tenth report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the Collection and Management of the Revenue arising in Ireland, Scotland, etc. p.233 Effect on the Revenue by the alteration of the Cross Channel Trade: The Acts of last Session of Parliament in regard to the removal of foreign goods between Great Britain and Ireland... 1834 (April 23) Thomas Spring Rice, House of Commons, v22 c1208 the complete freedom given to general commercial intercourse, by which the cross-channel trade was made, by 6th Geo. 4th c. 107, a coasting-trade; and the intercourse with Ireland was left as unrestricted as that between London and Newcastle. 1940 (June), Norman Somerville, The Rotarian, "Rotary in a Confused World", p.7 Arriving in Dublin from the Cross Channel steamer 2005 (November 29) Tom Kitt, Dáil Éireann, v611 c8 The Central Statistics Office publishes annual figures on the estimated total earnings from all visits to Ireland. These figures include a breakdown into the following categories for overseas travel routes: air cross-channel, sea cross-channel, continental and transatlantic. 2008 (January 23) Tommy Marren, Western People "All-Ireland League could be soccer’s saviour" Our fascination for cross-channel soccer never ceases to amaze me. We head to places like Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge and even Elland Road week in week out in our droves to support teams that have little or no Irish involvement yet we find little or no attraction in attending matches in the eircom League that are virtually on our doorstep. ==== Translations ====