onshore

[ on-shawr, -shohr, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˈʃɔr, -ˈʃoʊr, ˈɔn- /

onto or in the direction of the shore from a body of water: a breeze blowing onshore.

in or on a body of water, close to or parallel with the shore: to sail a boat onshore.

on land, especially within the area adjoining a port; ashore: to land and shop onshore.

moving or proceeding toward shore or onto land from a body of water: an onshore breeze.

located on or close to the shore: an onshore lighthouse; an onshore buoy.

done or taking place on land: onshore liberty for the crew.

Origin of onshore

First recorded in 1870–75; on + shore¹

onr, onrush, ons, onsager, onset, onshore, onshoring, onside, onside kick, onslaught, onslow

It would support efforts to “onshore” production and leverage private capital to modernize transport and other public systems.

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Wilmar, however, claimed that onshore turbines are less reliant on subsidies and more cost-effective than those built in the sea.

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Undoubtedly an onshore wind and a flood-tide bring sand into the lower reaches, for the men find it in the dredges.

A Floating Home |Cyril Ionides
"Watchin' out for evidence in a law case, probably," growled Cap'n Sproul, the fear of onshore artfulness ever with him.

The Skipper and the Skipped |Holman Day

When we got on board the boat, we found that all the women had taken refuge in it, thinking that they had seen Indians onshore.

Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh |Benjamin Kohlmeister and George Kmoch
Onshore, we had the sail spread so as to shelter us against the wind and dew.

The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Complete |William T. Sherman
Many a time I had to clear off the land, so to speak, against an onshore gale with my barge and family.

A Floating Home |Cyril Ionides

onshore

/ (ˈɒnˈʃɔː) /

towards the land an onshore gale

on land; not at sea