strand line

American  

noun

1. a shoreline, especially one from which the sea or a lake has receded.

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Etymology

Origin of strand line

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Several were observed to come out on the beach and crawl nearly to the strand line, only to return to the sea.

From Project Gutenberg

It is called "twenty-four strand" line; the strongest man could not break it with his hands, and yet it is not as thick as a salmon casting line.

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If I remember rightly, they use twelve strand line for yellow tail fishing at Catalina, and consider it quite strong enough.

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A remarkable feature of the plantation is a steep bank, the original strand line of the Island.

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The old strand line, which stands at five hundred and seventy-five feet above tide at St. John's, Newfoundland, declines to two hundred and fifty feet near the northern point of Labrador.

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