seaboard

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a region of land bordering the sea; a coastline considered as a broad geographic area

   Ports along the eastern seaboard closed before the hurricane arrived.

Appears in

A compound of sea + board. It may continue Middle English sea bord, which referred to the seaward side or a porthole cover; its modern sense treats the coast as the broad edge or border of the land.

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