foreshore [fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the ground between the water’s edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
- the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.
Origin of foreshore First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore1 Examples from the Web for foreshore Contemporary Examples of foreshore
A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.
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Historical Examples of foreshore
The wind was rising, and the line of the foreshore beyond the boat was white with breakers.
Hall Caine
He took her by the hand and led her across the foreshore, back to the sandhills.
D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
The foreshore, as it is called, is a somewhat misleading term.
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
I say, Crewe, did you ever see such an odd fish on an English foreshore?
John R. Watson
The girls went further, and stood on the foreshore, listening to the din.
Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for foreshore foreshore noun
- the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides
- the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark
foreshore in Science foreshore [fôr′shôr′]
- The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.