In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
landlocked
(adjective) surrounded entirely or almost entirely by land; “a landlocked country”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
landlocked (not comparable)
(of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
(US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
Source: Wiktionary
Land"locked`, a.
1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, by land.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Confined to a fresh-water lake by reason of waterfalls or dams;
– said of fishes that would naturally seek the sea, after spawning; as, the landlocked salmon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.