coastwise

[ kohst-wahyz ]

/ ˈkoʊstˌwaɪz /

along the coast: We sailed coastwise for days before finding a harbor.

following the coast.

Origin of coastwise

First recorded in 1685–95; coast + -wise

Killigrew thereupon began and soon completed his lighthouse, much to the anger of the coastwise people.

The Cornish Coast (South) |Charles G. Harper
We held a good lift to clear the coastwise and Continental shipping; and we had need of it.

With The Night Mail |Rudyard Kipling
Its regulatory powers should be amended to include regulation of coastwise shipping so as to assure stability and better service.

State of the Union Addresses of Herbert Hoover |Herbert Hoover
These figures would seem to satisfy certain hypotheses regarding a coastwise flight of birds around the western edge of the Gulf.

A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds. |George H. Lowery.

Here, along this coastwise road, between this point and Hythe, we make close acquaintance with the Martello towers.

The Ingoldsby Country |Charles G. (Charles George) Harper