shoreline

[ shawr-lahyn, shohr- ]

/ ˈʃɔrˌlaɪn, ˈʃoʊr- /

the line where shore and water meet.

Origin of shoreline

First recorded in 1850–55; shore¹ + line¹

Investigators have been combing an Oakland shoreline park trying to find the weapon in the murky shallow water.

What Made One Goh, the Oikos University Shooter, Snap? |Dara Kerr |April 4, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
On Tuesday, he surveyed the shoreline in Pensacola Beach with President Obama.

The Oil Spill Saved Crist |Samuel P. Jacobs |June 19, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Walton County, located on the Florida panhandle, has already started spraying hay into the water if it arrives at the shoreline.

11 Extreme Oil Spill Solutions |The Daily Beast |May 12, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
These shoreline territories were plotted on field maps and appear on the map in plate 1, figure b.

Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima |Glen E. Woolfenden

There's Hosken's blue boat; you'll find her moored off by a shoreline.

The Mayor of Troy |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
He walked over to the rail, where the two stood, looking out over the shoreline.

The Players |Everett B. Cole
A sea and a shoreline, where a peninsula projected like a giant boot—and he knew it for Italy and the waters of the Mediterranean.

Astounding Stories, May, 1931 |Various
The break between the Andean Cordillera and the hill-dotted plains of the lower Urubamba valley is almost as sharp as a shoreline.

The Andes of Southern Peru |Isaiah Bowman

shoreline

/ (ˈʃɔːˌlaɪn) /

the edge of a body of water