found: Encarta world Eng. dict.(strait: channel joining two seas, narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water, usually a body of salt water; passage: a sea channel or strait)
found: British Columbia. Ministry of Forests. Ripple Rock Hiking Trail, 199-:map verso (Seymour Narrows; narrow pass between Vancouver Island and Maud Island)
found: Am. Heritage dict. of the English lang., c2000(narrows (used with a sing. or pl. verb): a) A body of water with little width that connects two larger bodies of water b) A part of a river or an ocean current that is not wide)
found: Random House Web. unabr. dict., c1997(narrows: a narrow part of a strait, river, ocean current, etc.)