shoreside

[ shawr-sahyd, shohr- ]

/ ˈʃɔrˌsaɪd, ˈʃoʊr- /

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land along a shore.

located on such land.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First recorded in 1565–75; shore¹ + side¹

Selina Collett would not have invited him with underlinings merely to see a shoreside house and garden.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete|George Meredith
Or was it really the eye, and not rather the heart, that identified the shadow in the dusk, among the shoreside lamps?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
He was on the shoreside wall of a u-shaped rock ledge that extended into the sea and formed a natural harbor.
Hi Jolly!|James Arthur Kjelgaard
On shore I could see the glow of the great campfire burning warmly through the shoreside trees.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7|Charles H. Sylvester

Or was it really the eye, and not rather the heart, that identified that shadow in the dusk, among the shoreside lamps?
The Wrecker|Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne