shoreward adj 1: (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" [syn: {inshore}, {onshore}, {seaward}, {shoreward}] [ant: {offshore}, {seaward}]
Shoreward \Shore"ward\, adv. Toward the shore. [1913 Webster]