landward

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea.

   • Ninefold deep to the top of the dykes the galloping breakers stride, And their overcarried spray is a sea—a sea on the landward side.
   • So, when the landward breeze winds up from the quickening sea, And leaves quiver of a sudden and life is here and the day, You shall fade away and pass As—when we breathed upon your mirror’s glass— Our faces died away.
2. 2

   Of the country as opposed to the city, rural

   Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural.

3. 3

   Toward the land.

   • The seamen furl the canvas, strike the mast, Then dip their nimble oars, and landward haste.
   • ’Twas the returning tide, that afar from the waste of the ocean, With the first dawn of the day, came heaving and hurrying landward.
   • The intertidal mud or sand flat habitat is continuous with many other habitats. Landward, it may be bordered by a beach, marsh, bulkhead, or stretch of riprap.
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   1. 4

      The side facing land.

      • He sailed along, still northward, day after day; several important people joined him; but the news from landward grew daily more ominous […]

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