Eastern shore

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Fraser came of age on Mercer Island, adjacent to Lake Washington’s eastern shore, across a heavily-trafficked pontoon bridge notorious for fatal crashes.

From Los Angeles Times

The updates to California’s tsunami hazard areas followed a devastating tsunami in Japan in 2011, which was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the country’s eastern shore.

From Los Angeles Times

But one training participant, a family physician from the Eastern Shore, said providing abortions makes her concerned for her physical safety and asked not to be identified.

From Salon