besetment

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Hitherto it had been the chief aim of Arctic explorations to avoid besetment, and to try and creep round the land shores.

From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph

After a besetment of twenty-four days, Iberville succeeded in extricating his vessel from the ice and passed into the bay.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.

This besetment, on September 12, 1846, must have been a grievous blow to Franklin, who was now practically assured of the existence of the northwest passage along the continental coast of North America.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.

After a besetment of eight months and nine days, in which she drifted twelve hundred miles to the south, the yacht escaped, buffeted, racked, and leaking.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.

Jane listened attentively, and promised to remember the warning, and guard against what she knew to be her greatest besetment.

From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances