/shawr"weuhrd, shohr"-/ , adv.
1. Also, shorewards . toward the shore or land.
adj.
2. facing, moving, or tending toward the shore or land: a shoreward course.
3. coming from the shore, as a wind.
n.
4. the direction toward the shore or away from the sea.
[ 1575-85; SHORE 1 + -WARD ]