English

Adjective

shoreward ‎(not comparable)

1. In the direction of the shoreline, relatively speaking.
   • 1903: Jack London, The Call of the Wild

     When he felt him grasp his tail, Buck headed for the bank, swimming with all his splendid strength. But the progress shoreward was slow; the progress down-stream amazingly rapid.

2. which faces the shore
   • 1905: Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses

     If their enemies were really on the watch, if they had beleaguered the shoreward end of the pier, he and Lord Foxham were taken in a posture of poor defense...

Adverb

shoreward ‎(not comparable)

1. toward the shore
   • 18??: Alfred Tennyson, The Lotos-Eaters

     "Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land,

     "This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon."