Landward meaning

lănd'wərd
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

Sentence Examples

  • The viaduct had gone up, and the mole was secure from landward side.

  • The number of councillors for a parish council was fixed at not less than five nor more than thirty - one, the number being determined, in the case of landward parishes, by the county council; in the case of burghal parishes by the town council and, in the case of mixed parishes, by county and town councils jointly.

  • depth of water on its landward side for a width of 492 ft.

  • On the landward side of the new isthmus was the Agora, in which remains of a colonnade of the Roman period have been found.

  • The bay, which is crossed by a fine bridge at its narrow landward extremity, is the headquarters of a fishing fleet, and a port of call for many coasting vessels.

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