seashore









seashore


noun

  1. land along the sea or ocean.
  2. Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.

noun

  1. land bordering on the sea
  2. the land between the marks of high and low water

n.also sea-shore, 1520s, from sea + shore (n.). Old English used særima “sea-rim,” sæ-strande, etc.

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