a seaport town of France, in the department of the Straits of Calais, in the English Channel, twelve miles south-west from Calais, and eight north from Boulogne. At this port Caesar embarked his cavalry when he invaded England; and at it James II. landed when he abdicated the crown. It is defended by a battery of cannon. Long. 1. 37. E. Lat. 50. 48. N.