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Definition of Sea-coast
1. Noun. The shore of a sea or ocean.
Specialized synonyms: Barbary Coast, Aeolia, Aeolis, Atlantic Coast, Gulf Coast, Pacific Coast
Specialized synonyms: Litoral, Littoral, Littoral Zone, Sands, Landfall, Seaboard, Seaside, Tideland
Terms within: Foreshore
Generic synonyms: Shore
Derivative terms: Coastal, Coastal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sea-coast
Literary usage of Sea-coast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1902)
"THE sea-coast.* CRB The author deals first with the action of shore-waves and
with littoral drift, in which he explains his notion of the wave of flood-tide ..."
2. Italy: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1900)
"The Sea Coast of Latium. Communication with the sea was of far greater importance
to ancient than to modern Rome, and its former facility contributed much ..."
3. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress: With by Clara Egli Le Gear, Philip Lee Phillips, Library of Congress Map Division (1920)
"[30] A description of the sea coast of France from Olone to Bayone in Biscay.
... [31] A chart of the sea-coast of Biscay. A chart of the sea-coasts of ..."
4. The American Coast Pilot: Containing the Courses and Distances Between the by Edmund March Blunt (1822)
"... and terminates that chain of mountains which runs parallel with the sea coast
from Bonne bay. The course of the tides along this coast are greatly ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The sea-coast is fringed with summer resorts. CIVIL HISTORY.—The precise date of
the first settlement in New Jersey is not known, though it is believed that ..."
6. History of the Late War, Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1839)
"War on the Sea Coast—Engagements between the Enemy and Commodore Bar- ney's
Flotilla in Chesapeake Bay—Plunderings of the British—Washington and Baltimore ..."
7. History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain by Henry Marie Brackenridge (1844)
"THE shifting scenes of this war, carried on over a surface so extensive, and with
objects so various, once more bring us back to the Atlantic sea coast. ..."
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