longshoreadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋʃɔː/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋˌʃɔr/,

/ˈlɑŋˌʃɔr/

Forms: 1700s– longshore, 1900s– 'longshore.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alongshore adj.

Etymology: Aphetic < alongshore adj.

A. adj.

1. That exists on, frequents, or moves along a shore; (now chiefly North American) employed in, or relating to, the business of loading and unloading cargoes at a port (cf. longshoreman n.).In early use frequently derogatory when applied to a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling beside sea

paralious1655

longshore1776

shore-going1833

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > situated on

seasidec1275

sea-coasting1610

sea-coast1622

paralious1655

coasterly1709

longshore1776

shore-going1846

mid-coast1898

juxta-marine1899

society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [adjective] > inefficient or bungling

longshore1776

1776 J. Gore Jrnl. 25 Dec. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 47 Hear are Great Numbers of..Pintado Birds, Petterels of different sorts, & a white Longshore bird.

?1793 T. Stayley Statue of Truth v. 23 One of the long-shore Guard I mentioned before.

1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xiv. 192 Sort of half-bred, long-shore chap.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. i. 12 Your rascally lurching longshore vermin, who get five pounds out of this captain, and ten out of that, and let him sail without them after all.

1888 Argosy Apr. 277 Within easy reach of the coast, where the ‘long shore’ herrings abound.

1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 July 11/4 A shortage of longshore labor was felt.

a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1992) 135 A longshore truck roars by sending blue fumes over me.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June a22/5 The longshore workers who understand how the waterfront works and are the first to see when something is amiss.

2. Now chiefly Physical Geography. Moving, taking place, or laid down more or less parallel to a shore.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > parallel to

longshore1793

1793 H. Boyd Indian Observ. 29 Oct. (1795) 42 It is agreed..to be a marvellous wholesome exercise; a powerful promoter of perspiration in long-shore winds, or the monsoon.

1837 J. C. Maitland Let. 16 Aug. in Lett. from Madras (1846) 72 St. Thomé is not thought healthy the whole year through, because the ‘long-shore winds’..are more felt.

1910 V. Cornish Waves of Sea vi. 179 When, at sea, the wind is obliquely on-shore there is not only a 'longshore current.., but waves also break obliquely. Their effect to drive shingle along the shore is then obvious to the eye.

1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 58/1 Currents from both flanks later build up the longshore bar, both trough and bars being affected by longshore currents, and the troughs are scoured by water escaping laterally behind the bars from the beach zone and longshore drift-currents bringing sand.

2010 D. Huddart & T. Stott Earth Environments xix. 457/2 It picks out..longer-term cycles of change such as those associated with the longshore movement of sediment by waves.

B. n.

A longshoreman. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload

lader1542

ballast heaver?1780

stevedore1788

longshoreman1792

longshore1857

slinger1881

gangway man1915

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. 82 Out of the way you loafing long-shores!

1993 K. L. Kann Comrades & Chicken Ranchers v. 91 When the longshores started the big strike in 1934, they sent two women to Petaluma for help.

Compounds

longshore drift n. the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.

ΚΠ

1893 Profess. Papers Corps Royal Engineers 19 162 External to this canal cutting, for the two-fold purpose of protecting it from longshore drift of silt and for anchorage of a few vessels..the two breakwater arms in the project will doubtless answer well.

1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. viii. 73 Spits appear to have grown most vigorously from the central headland, which is now winged, both to east and west—a fact which should prevent any facile generalization on the dominant direction of longshore drift.

2013 Sidmouth Herald (Nexis) 22 Feb. The breakwaters have stopped all longshore drift of shingle from the west, thus denuding the base of the cliffs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	longshore
释义	longshoreadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɒŋʃɔː/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋˌʃɔr/, /ˈlɑŋˌʃɔr/ Forms: 1700s– longshore, 1900s– 'longshore. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: alongshore adj. Etymology: Aphetic < alongshore adj. A. adj. 1. That exists on, frequents, or moves along a shore; (now chiefly North American) employed in, or relating to, the business of loading and unloading cargoes at a port (cf. longshoreman n.).In early use frequently derogatory when applied to a person. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling beside sea paralious1655 longshore1776 shore-going1833 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > situated on seasidec1275 sea-coasting1610 sea-coast1622 paralious1655 coasterly1709 longshore1776 shore-going1846 mid-coast1898 juxta-marine1899 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [adjective] > inefficient or bungling longshore1776 1776 J. Gore Jrnl. 25 Dec. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 47 Hear are Great Numbers of..Pintado Birds, Petterels of different sorts, & a white Longshore bird. ?1793 T. Stayley Statue of Truth v. 23 One of the long-shore Guard I mentioned before. 1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) I. xiv. 192 Sort of half-bred, long-shore chap. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. i. 12 Your rascally lurching longshore vermin, who get five pounds out of this captain, and ten out of that, and let him sail without them after all. 1888 Argosy Apr. 277 Within easy reach of the coast, where the ‘long shore’ herrings abound. 1916 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 6 July 11/4 A shortage of longshore labor was felt. a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1992) 135 A longshore truck roars by sending blue fumes over me. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June a22/5 The longshore workers who understand how the waterfront works and are the first to see when something is amiss. 2. Now chiefly Physical Geography. Moving, taking place, or laid down more or less parallel to a shore. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adjective] > parallel to longshore1793 1793 H. Boyd Indian Observ. 29 Oct. (1795) 42 It is agreed..to be a marvellous wholesome exercise; a powerful promoter of perspiration in long-shore winds, or the monsoon. 1837 J. C. Maitland Let. 16 Aug. in Lett. from Madras (1846) 72 St. Thomé is not thought healthy the whole year through, because the ‘long-shore winds’..are more felt. 1910 V. Cornish Waves of Sea vi. 179 When, at sea, the wind is obliquely on-shore there is not only a 'longshore current.., but waves also break obliquely. Their effect to drive shingle along the shore is then obvious to the eye. 1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 58/1 Currents from both flanks later build up the longshore bar, both trough and bars being affected by longshore currents, and the troughs are scoured by water escaping laterally behind the bars from the beach zone and longshore drift-currents bringing sand. 2010 D. Huddart & T. Stott Earth Environments xix. 457/2 It picks out..longer-term cycles of change such as those associated with the longshore movement of sediment by waves. B. n. A longshoreman. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who load or unload lader1542 ballast heaver?1780 stevedore1788 longshoreman1792 longshore1857 slinger1881 gangway man1915 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago I. 82 Out of the way you loafing long-shores! 1993 K. L. Kann Comrades & Chicken Ranchers v. 91 When the longshores started the big strike in 1934, they sent two women to Petaluma for help. Compounds longshore drift n. the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it. ΚΠ 1893 Profess. Papers Corps Royal Engineers 19 162 External to this canal cutting, for the two-fold purpose of protecting it from longshore drift of silt and for anchorage of a few vessels..the two breakwater arms in the project will doubtless answer well. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. viii. 73 Spits appear to have grown most vigorously from the central headland, which is now winged, both to east and west—a fact which should prevent any facile generalization on the dominant direction of longshore drift. 2013 Sidmouth Herald (Nexis) 22 Feb. The breakwaters have stopped all longshore drift of shingle from the west, thus denuding the base of the cliffs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1776
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