seaspray

English

Etymology

sea +‎ spray

Noun

seaspray (usually uncountable, plural seasprays)

1. The water thrown into the air when waves break on the shore.
   • 2009 April 4, Sam Wollaston, “Sam Wollaston on last night's TV: Top Dogs (BBC2)”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A sheep that's been hanging on deck, curing in the seaspray, is roasted over an open fire.

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