Definition of Coastline

1. Noun. The outline of a coast.

Generic synonyms: Lineation, Outline

Definition of Coastline

1. Noun. The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coastline

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coastline

coaster
coaster brake
coaster wagon
coasters
coasterware
coastguard
coastguardman
coastguardmen
coastguards
coastguardsman
coastguardsmen
coasting
coastings
coastland
coastlands
coastline (current term)
coastlines
coasts
coastward
coastwards
coastwise
coat
coat-hanger
coat-hangers
coat-of-mail shell
coat-rack
coat-racks
coat-stand

Literary usage of Coastline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"... CHAPTER XIV RETURN FROM THE FAR SOUTH Result of Shortage of Food—Nature of the coastline—Snow- ..."

2. Industrial Mexico: 1919 Facts and Figures by Philip Harvey Middleton (1919)
"coastline and ports. THE tenacity, enterprise and foresight of Harri- man resulted in the construction a few years ago of the Southern Pacific of Mexico, ..."

3. Lerna in the Argolid by John Langdon Caskey, E. T. Blackburn (1997)
"... with palaeo-coastline and the former Lake Lerna, after Zangger 1991 (reproduced with the permission of the Journal of Field Archaeology and Trustees of ..."

4. The Sea-fishing Industry of England and Wales: A Popular Account of the Sea by Frederick George Aflalo (1904)
"... Coast— Four Sea-fisheries Districts on the East Side—coastline under no District—Berwick-on-Tweed—Wolf-fish—Other Stations in Northumberland—Evidence of ..."

5. Venezuela: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook with a Chapter on the Dutch by Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"MACUTO coastline RAILWAY. This short line is owned by the La Guaira Harbor Corporation (British capital), operating electric cars over 7 kilometers (1 ..."

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