shorewards
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The loophole commanded the causeway leading shorewards; through it the Norman could see who came and went, and even the crossbeam of the ugly object which rose where the causeway touched the land.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
After my swim, I hurried back shorewards to secure my prize, when, much to my chagrin, I found my boy floating about, enjoying himself.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables
The Moors left the yacht; the felucca sailed 96 away; not shorewards, as Tom had expected, but out to sea.
From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Herbert Strang
The next had a hissing crest, part of which splashed on board, and they went shorewards like a toboggan down an icy slide on the shoulders of the third.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cyrus Cuneo
This chasm commences about 15 miles from land and is shaped like a V, with the narrow end shorewards.
From West African studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
