coastwise

English

Alternative forms

• coastways

Etymology

From coast +‎ -wise.

Adjective

coastwise (not comparable)

1. Along the coast.

   coastwise shipping

   • 1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 315:

     Because of the drastic reduction in the use of petrol and tyres the railway is now called on to effect practically all the island's transport, with the exception of a small amount handled by one coastwise steamer.

   • 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:

     Until the war of 1914-18 the largest proportion of coal was shipped for export or coastwise movement to U.K. ports, and even with the decline of the industry between the wars this trend continued until the Second World War.

Adverb

coastwise (not comparable)

1. Along the coast.

   The barley was shipped coastwise.

References

• “coastwise”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.