coastwise

[ kohst-wahyz ]

adverb

1. along the coast:

   We sailed coastwise for days before finding a harbor.

adjective

1. following the coast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coastwise¹

First recorded in 1685–95; coast + -wise

Example Sentences

It could also suppress the coastwise slave trade and abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.

From New York Times

Against the dark grey of the eastern sky, the coastwise lights of The Needles and St. Catherine's were beginning to assert their presence in the rapidly waning twilight.

From Project Gutenberg

Steamship lines run to Alaska, Puget Sound, San Francisco and other California ports, to all the coastwise ports of Oregon, to the Hawaiian Islands and the Orient, and to Mexico and South America.

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In April the Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals held hearings upon an act to amend the Panama Canal Act repealing the provision providing for freeing coastwise American ships from tolls.

From Project Gutenberg

A position as assistant steward was obtained for him on a coastwise vessel.

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