Definizione monolingua

shoreward

shoreward (not comparable)

1. In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.
   • 1903: Jack London, The Call of the Wild [1]

     When he felt him grasp his tail, Buck headed for the bank, swimming with all his splendid strength. But the progress shoreward was slow; the progress down-stream amazingly rapid.

2. which faces the shore
   • 1905: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses [2]

     If their enemies were really on the watch, if they had beleaguered the shoreward end of the pier, he and Lord Foxham were taken in a posture of poor defense...

shoreward (not comparable)

1. toward the shore
   • 18??: Alfred Tennyson, The Lotos-Eaters [3]

     ""Courage!"" he said, and pointed toward the land,

     ""This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.""

Definizione dizionario shoreward

Altri significati:

toward the shore

In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.

which faces the shore