the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > seashore or coast > [adverb] > away from (4)
To a higher point on or within a river, channel, etc., or a point further from the sea. Cf. up, prep.2 2.
In adverbial phrase. to (the) shoreward: in the direction of the shore. †from the shoreward: from the direction of the shore.
In the higher or inner part of a country.
In a direction away from the shore.