shoreward en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English shore Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English shoreward From shore + -ward.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.
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.
1903 July, Jack London, “For the Love of a Man”, in The Call of the Wild, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, pages 175–176:The shoreward arms of the north and south cantilevers were built into masonry abutments.
1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 148:
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(not-comparable) Facing the shore.
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 defence […]
1883 June 30 – October 20, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter V, in The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], published 1888, →OCLC:Felixstowe's pier was cut short during the Second World War as an anti-invasion measure. Although its pierhead was subsequently demolished in the 1950s, a new £3 million shoreward building opened in August 2017.
2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 49, photo caption:
Antonyms
oceanwards · lakewards · seawards · oceanward · seawards · lakewards · oceanward · lakeward · seaward · seaward · oceanwards · lakeward
Relateds
Synonyms
beachwards · landwards · landward · beachward · landwards · beachwards · landward · beachward