foreshore

[ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ]

noun

1. the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
2. the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.

foreshore

/ ˈfɔːˌʃɔː /

noun

1. the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides
2. the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark

foreshore

/ fôr′shôr′ /

1. The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark.
2. Compare backshore

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreshore¹

First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore ¹

Example Sentences

A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.

From The Daily Beast

Hotter, more desolate than ever, lay that black griddle of the foreshore on which Angus Jones was now condemned to wander with me.

From Project Gutenberg

The tide was out at that time, and the banks of the Orwell are to this day a marvellous acreage of muddy foreshore at low water.

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The long waste of foreshore lay moaning under the dawn and the sea; the ocean was a flat dark strip with a white edge.

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The water was low, exposing the foreshore, and there was a careless porter sitting on a bale of goods.

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Along the sandy foreshore of the bay there was the same stillness: heaven and earth and ocean lay as if under an enchantment.

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