shorewards

shorewards
Ⅰ.
shore [1] NOUN 1) the land along the edge of a sea, lake, etc. 2) (also shores) literary a country or other geographic area bounded by a coast: distant shores.
in shore — Cf. ↑in shore
on shore — Cf. ↑on shore
DERIVATIVES shoreward adjective & adverb shorewards adverb.
ORIGIN Dutch, Low German schre.
Ⅱ.
shore [2] NOUN a prop or beam set up against something weak or unstable as a support.
VERB (often shore up) support or hold up with or as if with shores.
DERIVATIVES shoring noun.
ORIGIN Dutch, Low German schore 'prop' .

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