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Definition of Shoreward
1. Adjective. (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land. "Sheltered from seaward winds"
Definition of Shoreward
1. adv. Toward the shore.
Definition of Shoreward
1. Adjective. In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking. ¹
2. Adjective. which faces the shore ¹
3. Adverb. toward the shore ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoreward
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoreward
Literary usage of Shoreward
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Yet my men Furled sail and shoreward veered the pointing prow The port receding
from the orient wave Is curved into a bow; on either side The jutting ..."
2. Transactions by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1920)
"In addition, he gives twice what appears to be an original drawing of the shoreward
slope of the rock with its markings.2 He makes mention also of a "Sea ..."
3. Translations by George William Lyttelton Lyttelton, William Ewart Gladstone (1863)
"he said, and pointed toward the land: " This mountain wave will roll us shoreward
soon." In the afternoon they came unto a land, In which it seemed always ..."
4. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1883)
"Its principal streets run parallel to the bay, with others crossing at right
angles ; and recent shoreward improvements and northward extensions have always ..."
5. Hellenica: A Collection of Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History, and by Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"But he who sails among the isles of Greece may still note around sea-girt Delos "
the dark wave welling shoreward beneath the shrill and breezy air;"' he ..."
6. Hellenica: essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history and religion, ed. by by Hellenica, Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"But he who sails among i: isles of Greece may still note around sea-girt Delos "
the dark- wave welling shoreward beneath the shrill and breezy air; ..."
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