downcoast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From down +‎ coast.

Adjective[edit]

downcoast (comparative further downcoast, superlative furthest downcoast)

  1. Downstream in the direction of coastal currents
    • 1988 October 21, Kathie Newhouse, “Deep Appreciation”, in Chicago Reader:
      Trapping of littoral drift sediment, preventing it from reaching downcoast beaches.
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