Eastern shore

American  

noun

1. the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, including parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

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Example Sentences

Some believe “ridge” may refer to ancient sand dunes, which are common morphologic features along the Delmarva Peninsula, which is 170 miles long and includes the vast majority of Delaware and parts of the Eastern Shore regions of Maryland and Virginia.

From Literature

It would immediately be challenged by many experts who believed that the ship was from Mycenae, one of the major centers of Greek civilization, and would not be proven conclusive until another shipwreck was found and excavated on the eastern shore of Uluburun in Turkey some twenty-four years later.

From Literature

Soviet soldiers watched from the woods along the eastern shore.

From Literature

Driven by fear and the promise of profit, planters in Jefferson’s Virginia, Maryland’s Eastern Shore and elsewhere in America’s old Upper South began selling off many of their slaves.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said he had heard of a community of chimpanzees on the rugged eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika where an intrepid researcher might make valuable discoveries.

From Los Angeles Times