inshore
toward the shore: They went closer inshore.
Origin of inshore
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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. HentyResolving to stand more inshore, he altered the helm, and gradually we brought the endmost lights under our quarter.
The Young Cavalier | Percy F. WestermanLeaving the dangerous vicinity of the bergs, they afterwards kept more inshore.
The World of Ice | R.M. BallantyneThe 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
/ (ˈɪnˈʃɔː) /
in or on the water, but close to the shore: inshore weather
towards the shore from the water: an inshore wind; we swam inshore
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