landlocked

• land-locked

From land +‎ locked (i.e. "locked-in by land on all sides").

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlændlɑkt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlændlɒkt/
• Hyphenation: land‧locked

landlocked (not comparable)

1. (of a country, geographical region, etc.) Surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).

   Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.

   • 2020, Eunice Mei Feng Seng, Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development‎, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page , columns 1, 2:

     Located in Kowloon, with an area of 9.36 km², Wong Tai Sin is the only district in Hong Kong that is totally landlocked. It has a population of 420,183 (2011) and a high density of 44.891/km².

2. Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
3. (US, real estate, of a property or parcel) Surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
   • 2005, Washington Legislative Reference Bureau, State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2005-2006‎, page 610:

     An easement of necessity, said the court, may be provided when property is landlocked and the owner needs access to that property from a public highway.

   • 2005, Thomas J. McEvoy, Owning and Managing Forests: A Guide to Legal, Financial, and Practical Matters‎, page 49:

     In some states, the law allows for easements by necessity, especially in circumstances where a property is landlocked.

   • 2006, Real Estate Principles‎, Rockwell publishing, page 114:

     For example, if a property is landlocked (entirely surrounded by other privately owned land) and has no access to a public street...

• (having no access to a public road): easement, ransom strip

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