seaboard

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seaboard

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From earlier sea-bord, perhaps continuing (with change in meaning) Middle English see bord (“porthole cover, seaward side”), equivalent to sea + board.

noun seaboards · seabord

The area bordering the sea; a coastline; a sealine. While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

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Closest in meaning: coastal, seaside, seashore, coast, seacoast, coastline, shoreline, shore, littoral, cote, rim, side, continental, costa, rib, atlantic

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@misc{seaboard_2026,
  title = {seaboard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seaboard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}