inshore

[ in-shawr, -shohr ]
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adjective
  1. close or closer to the shore.

  2. lying near the shore; operating or carried on close to the shore: inshore fishing.

adverb
  1. toward the shore: They went closer inshore.

Origin of inshore

1
First recorded in 1695–1705; in-1 + shore1

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How to use inshore in a sentence

  • Those two or three small craft you see more inshore have passed through the channel we shall follow into the Wallet.

    Wulf the Saxon | G. A. Henty
  • Resolving to stand more inshore, he altered the helm, and gradually we brought the endmost lights under our quarter.

    The Young Cavalier | Percy F. Westerman
  • Leaving the dangerous vicinity of the bergs, they afterwards kept more inshore.

    The World of Ice | R.M. Ballantyne
  • The Spaniards called them Mas a tierra and Mas a fuera, from their relative positions, 'more inshore,' and 'more off-shore.'

    There She Blows! | William Hussey Macy

British Dictionary definitions for inshore

inshore

/ (ˈɪnˈʃɔː) /


adjective
  1. in or on the water, but close to the shore: inshore weather

adverb, adjective
  1. towards the shore from the water: an inshore wind; we swam inshore

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