landward

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Located, facing or moving in the direction of the land, as opposed to the sea.

   “[…] the enclosure in which Bulan resided lay on a landward slope a quarter of a mile from the shore, and so divided from it by lofty trees, that, unless when the inhabitants sought the coast for fishing, they took little heed of what was passing at sea.”

2. sıfat Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural.

   “[…] they recommend to all ministers within the bounds, magistrates of towns, and heritors of landward parishes, to exert themselves, and use every prudent and reasonable method in getting their respective congregations to be taught properly, as occasion shall offer.”

3. zarf Toward the land.

   “The seamen furl the canvas, strike the mast, Then dip their nimble oars, and landward haste.”

4. isim The side facing land.

   “He sailed along, still northward, day after day; several important people joined him; but the news from landward grew daily more ominous […]”