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
Probable scene of the crime: one of the countless coastwise vessels with which the harbor swarms.
From Time Magazine Archive
One day at dusk they maneuvered into the middle of a coastwise convoy of six cargo ships and three small naval vessels.
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
Drifting just beyond the wall of the coastwise mosquito barrage, I tried it out that evening.
From Down the Yellowstone by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman
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