'Shoreward' definitions:

Definition of 'shoreward'

(from WordNet)
adjective
(of winds) coming from the sea toward the land; "an inshore breeze"; "an onshore gale"; "sheltered from seaward winds" [syn: inshore, onshore, seaward, shoreward] [ant: offshore, seaward]

Definition of 'Shoreward'

From: GCIDE
  • Shoreward \Shore"ward\, adv. Toward the shore. [1913 Webster]