foreshore

[fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr]

fore·shore

[fawr-shawr, fohr-shohr]
noun
1.
the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
2.
the part of the shore between the high-water mark and low-water mark.

Origin:
1755–65; fore- + shore1
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foreshore (ˈfɔːˌʃɔː)
 
n
1.  the part of the shore that lies between the limits for high and low tides
2.  the part of the shore that lies just above the high-water mark

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foreshore   (fôr'shôr')  Pronunciation Key 
The seaward-sloping area of a shore that lies between the average high tide mark and the average low tide mark. Compare backshore.
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