seacoast en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English see-cost, see-coste, see coost, equivalent to sea + coast. Compare West Frisian seekoast (“seacoast”), Dutch zeekust (“seacoast”), German Seeküste (“seacoast”).
Meanings
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The coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.
Neither chick nor child was left living the length of the seacoast.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| seacoasts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (1)
eo marbordo (coastal land bordering a sea or ocean)