seashore

[ see-shawr, -shohr ]

/ ˈsiˌʃɔr, -ˌʃoʊr /

land along the sea or ocean.

Law. the ground between the ordinary high-water and low-water marks.

Origin of seashore

First recorded in 1520–30; sea + shore¹

I met him on the seashore and I was quicker than he in casting.

Ulric the Jarl |William O. Stoddard
He may, perchance, have heard the story told of a man who owned a barren piece of land bordering the seashore.

The Story of the Cambrian |C. P. Gasquoine
My brother said, "You might as well plant seeds on the seashore," but we did plant them and I never had seen such green stuff.

Old Rail Fence Corners |Various
Telling how they got home from the seashore; went to school and were promoted, and of their many trials and tribulations.

The Outdoor Chums on the Lake |Quincy Allen

The Monumbo are a Papuan tribe numbering about four hundred souls, who inhabit twelve small villages close to the seashore.

The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) |Sir James George Frazer

seashore

/ (ˈsiːˌʃɔː) /

land bordering on the sea

the land between the marks of high and low water