longshore drift
noun
Origin of longshore drift
1First recorded in 1950–55
Words Nearby longshore drift
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British Dictionary definitions for longshore drift
longshore drift
noun
the process whereby beach material is gradually shifted laterally as a result of waves meeting the shore at an oblique angle
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