astrand

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ strand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

astrand (not comparable)

1. Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft)

   Synonym: aground

   • 1671, “The Copy of a Narrativ, Sent from Capt. D. Butler,”, in John Morrison, transl., The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys‎^[1], London: Samuel Smith, published 1683, page 373:

     […] I had news by the Chirurgeon, how that my Ships-company that betook themselvs to flight with the Shallop were run astrand on the Scemkal or Dagestan Coast, a Countrey butting out against the Caspian Sea.

   • 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XIII, page 260:

     As the tall ship, whose lofty prore
     Shall never stem the billows more,
     Deserted by her gallant band,
     Amid the breakers lies astrand,—

   • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 47, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 482:

     There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,

   • 1932, Robinson Jeffers, “Margrave”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers‎^[2], New York: Random House, published 1938, page 374:

     […] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.

Anagrams

• Stanard, sand art, tar sand, tarsand