ETYM Old Fren. coste, French côte, rib, hill, shore, coast, Latin costa rib, side. Related to Accost, Cutlet.
The area within view.

(Homonym: literal).
The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean; SYN. litoral, littoral zone, sands.

Seacoast; also; the country bordering a seacoast

The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. sea coast

1. A beam that is propped against a structure to provide support.
2. The land along the edge of a body of water (a lake or ocean or river).

1. The line where a body of water and the shore meet
2. The strip of land along the shoreline
3. A boundary line between land and water.

Land bordering a body of water.