shorewardadv.adj.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. vii. 18 b He retourned to shore ward againe, carrieng with him the Pilot of Monsambicke.

1592 Testimoniall 2 June in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1600) III. 845 But missing him towards night, we stood to the shoareward.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 11 The Galley slaves being eased by a little gale that blew from the shoreward.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 49 We..put an Anker to shoareward.

1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 80 Her head [lies] to the shore ward.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 75 Huge waves under them roll to the shoreward.

a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Wks. (1701) II. 69 The Danger being equal on every side, whether we stood Seaward or Shoreward.

1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 89 Then westward turn the stem, that every mast May shoreward fall.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters i, in Poems (new ed.) 108 This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.

1901 E. Phillpotts Striking Hours 259 Shoreward the crag was connected with..the cliffs by a narrow razor-edge of stone.

1941 Sun (Baltimore) 12 July 7/3 All interested parties are urged to be present, particularly those engaged in fishing or operating boats shoreward of or adjacent to existing authorized fishing areas.

1974 R. Adams Shardik xvi. 110 They came ashore..close to..the cluster of storage huts and servants' quarters lying shoreward of the Sindrad.

1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 33 Sweet sounds Came slowly floating on the shoreward wave.

1862 G. Meredith Cassandra in Mod. Love iv The deep's long shoreward roll.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xix. 152 The rear, or shoreward side, of the stockade.