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Meanings of bounding main in English
The mass of water occupying all of the Earth's surface not occupied by land, but excluding all lakes and inland seas.
Usage of bounding main in English
1
We are on the bounding main, ticketed for a port thousands of miles away.
2
Buy an orphans' home, and dump 'em all in a big ship and go sailing, sailing over the bounding main.
3
Remember Madge "scanning the bounding main in vain" for Harold, that cameo from the Queen, and the days when Ramsay Street celebrated Christmas in June?