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Landward definition

lăndwərd
To or toward land.

Sailing landward; the landward side of a coastal fortification.

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Toward the land.
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Situated or facing toward the land.
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In the direction towards land, as opposed to in the direction out to sea.

The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous land guns than the otherwise which only faced what could be put on a ship.

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Origin of landward

  • land +‎ -ward

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Landward Sentence Examples

  • The fact that Seaton beach overlies estuarine alluvium is clear evidence that it has experienced landward translation.

  • In 1879 the landward end of the new western breakwater or " harbor arm " had been finished.

  • We saw peewit, swan, heron, shellduck and other duck on the landward side of the path.

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