foreshore

[ fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr ]

/ ˈfɔrˌʃɔr, ˈfoʊrˌʃoʊr /

the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.

the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.

Origin of foreshore

First recorded in 1755–65; fore- + shore¹

A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.

This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 30, 2013 |Thomas Flynn, Jimmy So |September 30, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
So that, in order to make the right available, there must be a highway or other public land giving access to the foreshore.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 |Various
It was occupied by a mountainous dump of the accumulated "dirt" from the foreshore.

The Triumph of John Kars |Ridgwell Cullum
I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.

From Chart House to Bush Hut |Charles W. L. Bryde

The foreshore of the village is rugged with boulders richly tinctured with iron oxide, and often having a scoriaceous surface.

The Sea and the Jungle |H. M. Tomlinson
He took her by the hand and led her across the foreshore, back to the sandhills.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

foreshore

/ (ˈfɔːˌʃɔː) /

the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides

the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark

foreshore

[ fôr′shôr′ ]

The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.