alongshore

[ uh-lawng-shawr, -shohr, uh-long- ]

adverb

1. by or along the shore or coast.

alongshore

/ əˌlɒŋˈʃɔː /

adverb

1. postpositive close to, by, or along a shore

Word History and Origins

Origin of alongshore¹

First recorded in 1770–80; along + shore ¹

Example Sentences

End your journey alongshore in Squamish, the northern tip of Howe Sound where the Squamish River fans out into an estuary that sits at the geographic center of the Biosphere Reserve.

From Seattle Times

The only volcanic rocks the traveller alongshore will see, however, are at Port Desire and south of the Rio Gallegos.

From Project Gutenberg

Midsummer was far past when, by one of those sudden and almost instantaneous changes of which the polar pack is possible, a favorable wind and fortunate current dissipated the ice-covering of the inlet, and alongshore, stretching far to the north, an ice-free channel appeared.

From Project Gutenberg

As we were then at a great distance from the place, whence we brought the natives, having pulled for four hours alongshore, and as they seemed to be quite at their ease, and contented, I would not secure our guides as prisoners, but allowed them to lie by the fire in charge of the man on watch.

From Project Gutenberg

We therefore hastened towards a long reef of outlying rocks, which might afford some shelter, as a breakwater, during the night, but found such overfalls near them, that we were again obliged to continue our route alongshore in the dark.

From Project Gutenberg