alongshore

American  

[uh-lawng-shawr, -shohr, uh-long-] / əˈlɔŋˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, əˈlɒŋ- /

adverb

1. by or along the shore or coast.

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alongshore British  

/ əˌlɒŋˈʃɔː /

adverb

1. (postpositive) close to, by, or along a shore

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Etymology

Origin of alongshore

First recorded in 1770–80; along + shore ¹

Example Sentences

End your journey alongshore in Squamish, the northern tip of Howe Sound where the Squamish River fans out into an estuary that sits at the geographic center of the Biosphere Reserve.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

There is nothing between us and Red Beach now and the twinkling, flaring, dancing explosions alongshore seem like an insane fireworks show.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Sioux followed alongshore and begged tobacco for fifty miles, clean up to the Ree villages, near the mouth of the Cheyenne River.

From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson

There she was, her shell just showing, like some old hulk in the sand alongshore.

From Atlantic Classics by Various

It is quite evident that no more travelling can be accomplished until the ice forms a pathway alongshore; in this, as in some other respects, we anxiously await the advance of the season.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold