FORESHORE


Meaning of FORESHORE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: fore- + shore

1. : a strip of land margining a body of water (as a lake or stream)

camped on the wooded foreshore of the island

the frozen gravel and clay thawed when exposed to the warm air, and soon innumerable small streams were running across the foreshore — Geographical Review

2. : the part of a seashore between the low-water line usually at the seaward margin of a low-tide terrace and the upper limit of wave wash at high tide usually marked by a beach scarp or berm

under British law the foreshore is ordinarily vested in the Crown

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