coastwise
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of coastwise
Example Sentences
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It could also suppress the coastwise slave trade and abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2021
But to lines in domestic coastwise trade it presaged disaster.
From Time Magazine Archive
New York has lost coastwise trade since World War II, and has barely held its own in foreign trade with 53% of the nation's total of cargoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
But after a month, during which he was scared stiff whenever he rode on a public conveyance, he shipped on a 29-day coastwise trip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Steam-generating plants to supply more distant consumers are projected at tidewater—that is at places to which coal can be delivered by coastwise steamers.
From The Coming of Coal by Robert W. Bruere
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