单词 | landward |
释义 | landward (lændwəʳd ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] The landward side of something is the side nearest to the land or facing the land, rather than the sea. Rebels surrounded the city's landward sides. Collocations: landward side We trusted that they would soon recover strength, flit over the sea defences and begin probing the food-rich ooze to be found on the landward side. Times, Sunday Times On the landward side of our house, the marshes stood a mere quarterfathom above the surface of the water, and the quarter of a quarter at high tide. Times, Sunday Times Located beneath the landward side of a cliff, and with its basalt-column façade and grass roof, you could easily mistake it for part of the natural landscape. Times, Sunday Times A visitors centre made from salvaged timbers that escaped the 2010 blaze has been added while an existing pavilion at the landward side has been transformed into a café. Times, Sunday Times A drawbridge, on the landward side, over a small channel leading to a gate beneath the tower provided entry to the fort. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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