Definition of coastwise in English:
coastwise
adjective & adverb ˈkəʊstwʌɪzˈkōstwīz
Along or connected with the coast.
as adjective a small coastwise steamer
as adverb the cargo was ferried coastwise
Example sentencesExamples
- The 1934 strike produced a single, coastwise agreement, in which dockworkers from San Diego to Seattle act as one.
- An attempt to engage in the coastwise trade came to an end with the confiscation of his boat by the Brazilian authorities on the score that his papers were not in order.
- Another reason for the relative decline in barley sent coastwise was the emergence of Berwick and several other towns in the borders as centres of the brewing industry.
- In the ensuing discussion Russia indicated further that he intended to move the Fleet coastwise to Sevastopol.
- These were put in brackish water near Martinez, from which point they began a coastwise migration.
- Additional sailing flats were brought on to the river, wharfage was leased, and during the remaining months of 1827 some traffic that normally went by canal was sent coastwise.
- Firebricks from Buckley were the biggest single commodity carried coastwise from Chester to Liverpool, but they were shipped from downstream wharves, not from Chester city itself.
- San Pedro Bay, the terminus for two major coastwise shipping lanes, is full of commercial and military traffic day and night.
- The fishes of this age were able enough coastwise swimmers.
- Its commerce, both overseas and coastwise, surpassed all other American ports.
Definition of coastwise in US English:
coastwise
adjective & adverbˈkōstwīz
Along, following, or connected with the coast.
as adjective a small coastwise steamer
as adverb the cargo was ferried coastwise
Example sentencesExamples
- Additional sailing flats were brought on to the river, wharfage was leased, and during the remaining months of 1827 some traffic that normally went by canal was sent coastwise.
- Another reason for the relative decline in barley sent coastwise was the emergence of Berwick and several other towns in the borders as centres of the brewing industry.
- The 1934 strike produced a single, coastwise agreement, in which dockworkers from San Diego to Seattle act as one.
- In the ensuing discussion Russia indicated further that he intended to move the Fleet coastwise to Sevastopol.
- These were put in brackish water near Martinez, from which point they began a coastwise migration.
- San Pedro Bay, the terminus for two major coastwise shipping lanes, is full of commercial and military traffic day and night.
- An attempt to engage in the coastwise trade came to an end with the confiscation of his boat by the Brazilian authorities on the score that his papers were not in order.
- Firebricks from Buckley were the biggest single commodity carried coastwise from Chester to Liverpool, but they were shipped from downstream wharves, not from Chester city itself.
- The fishes of this age were able enough coastwise swimmers.
- Its commerce, both overseas and coastwise, surpassed all other American ports.