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coastland

[ kohst-land ]

/ ˈkoʊstˌlænd /

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noun

land along a coast; seacoast.

Origin of coastland

First recorded in 1850–55; coast + land

Words nearby coastland

coastguard, coastguardsman, coasting lead, coasting trade, coasting wagon, coastland, coastline, coastward, coastways, coastwise, coat

Example sentences from the Web for coastland

We are losing a football field of coastland every 38 minutes in Louisiana.

Will the Spill Impact Public Health? |Sara Karl |May 5, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Fishermen and their guides may continue to use the coastland for their fishing activities despite the trespass to landowners.

Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. |S. A. Reilly
On the Atlantic coastland of Patagonia it is often three, four or five days' ride to the nearest farm.

Through the Heart of Patagonia |H. Hesketh Prichard
The coastland was known to the Greeks and Romans as Phoenicia, "the land of the palm."

Patriarchal Palestine |Archibald Henry Sayce

Would he now learn the purpose driving Thorvald on to this coastland?

Storm Over Warlock |Andre Norton