adj
(of a watercraft) Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach.
n
A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
n
A broad pool of water on a canal system where barges / canal boats can moor and load or unload cargo.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
n
Alternative spelling of coast guard [The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.]
n
A landwaiter who deals with coastal shipping
n
(historical, military) The military intelligence work of the coastwatchers.
n
The wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice.
adj
Along or toward the deck.
n
Waters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.
adj
(of a port) Able to accommodate the largest ships.
n
The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
n
(nautical) One of several shores used to prevent a ship from moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching.
n
(hydrography) A datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation. It is the interval between the Moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new moon and full moon.
n
(India, historical) Land reclaimed from the sea by constructing causeways or embankments.
n
(law) The doctrine, widely recognized in international law, that, outside of narrow territorial limits, the oceans are open to unhindered navigation by vessels of all countries.
n
(rare) A channel or passage created by the sea.
v
(intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
n
A harbor constructed to give shelter to ships on some exposed coast.
n
Alternative form of harbourfront [(Britain, Canada) The area that fronts on a harbor]
n
An area (especially a residential area) near a harbor (often in the form of converted warehouses etc)
n
Alternative form of harbor of refuge [A harbor constructed to give shelter to ships on some exposed coast.]
n
(Britain, Canada) The area that fronts on a harbor
adj
Located on or near a harbour.
adj
Alternative form of harborward [Toward a harbor.]
n
A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
n
(US) The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath.
n
(obsolete) A landing-place on a river; a harbour or small port.
n
A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.
n
(obsolete) A landing-place in a river; a harbour or small port.
n
a type of ice road, a floating-bridge-like roadway made of floating ice atop a body of water
n
A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
n
(rare) The area beside a jungle.
n
(nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
n
(informal) The sense of balance, slowly regained after a time at sea.
n
The freely-accessible area of an airport, outside of security, passport/immigration, and customs control.
adj
(nautical, geology) Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
adj
Beside a lock (segment of a waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels).
n
(now poetic) The high seas.
n
A painting representing some marine subject.
n
(nautical, law, UK) Those seas (bodies of ocean water) which surround the British Isles, especially the English Channel.
n
The engineering of structures and systems in or adjacent to the ocean, such as piers, harbors, and offshore platforms.
adj
transported over an ocean
n
Synonym of seaway (“lane or route used by ships at sea”)
n
A port city or harbor which is secondary to a main port.
adj
By the side of a park.
n
(nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.
n
(obsolete) A pharos; a lighthouse.
n
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
n
The end of a pier farthest from shore.
n
An area alongside a port.
n
(also attributive) An area alongside a quay.
n
Alternative form of riverway [The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft.]
n
A pedestrian street or pathway alongside a river, providing a space for outdoor activity.
n
The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft.
n
(attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
n
A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.
n
alternative form of seapower [naval military power]
n
A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.
n
Alternative spelling of sea lane [(nautical) A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.]
n
A light on the seacoast to warn or guide boats.
n
A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture.
n
(architecture, rare) A building that is built underwater; an underwater skyscraper.
n
(nautical) An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.
adj
Smoothed or worn away gradually by the action of the sea.
n
A right to use a shore, as to land goods, or a fee or duty for such right.
n
A prop or strut supporting some structure or weight above it.
n
naval service at land bases
n
Shipping that takes place in coastal waters or on short sea crossings.
adj
Of or relating to transportation by sea that does not directly cross an ocean, such as coastwise movement.
adj
Transported by means of soil.
n
(nautical) A distance traveled southward.
adv
Toward or on the starboard side.
n
(now chiefly dialectal) A landing-place; wharf.
adv
(botany, nautical) Towards a stem
adj
Closest to the stern, furthest sternward.
n
(nautical) A twisting channel amongst sandbanks that is only navigable at high water
n
The side of a tank (for water etc.)
adj
(nautical) Having sides nearly perpendicular, rather than flaring or tumbling home.
n
(archaic, architecture) One of two walls built on either side of the junction of a bridge with the bank of a river, to protect the abutment of the bridge and the bank from the action of the current.
n
The dockland district of a town.
n
A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
n
(nautical) A shore to weather or windward from a vessel, offering protection from the wind.
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