besetment
Example Sentences
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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
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.
It was now two hundred days since their besetment, and they had drifted more than six hundred miles, with all in health save the doctor.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
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.
The end of the besetment came at last.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
