shorewards

English

Etymology

shore +‎ -wards

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)dz

Adverb

shorewards (not comparable)

1. towards the shore
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet‎^[1]:

     Then it all came back, and I was a boy again on the trawler, creeping shorewards in the light breeze of an August night, and watching that friendly twinkle from the Manor woods above the village.

   • 1899, Mrs. Cashel Hoey, An Antarctic Mystery‎^[2]:

     The men rowed shorewards, but were stopped by four canoes carrying armed men, "new men" the narrative calls them.