Transfretation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transfretation \Trans`fre*ta"tion\, n. [L. transfretatio. See
     {Transfrete}.]
     The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] --Sir
     J. Davies.
     [1913 Webster]