adv. [f. LAND sb.: see -WARDS.] = prec. A 2. † Also to the landwards.
1574. W. Bourne, Regiment for Sea, xiv. (1577), 41 a. If you come directly to the landwardes.
1833. Ht. Martineau, Tale of Tyne, v. 82. Not only was there this treacherous Cut to beguile them landwards … but there was a labyrinth at sea.
1885. Law Times, LXXIX. 317/2. The soil as far landwards as where the ordinary high-water mark was before the construction of the pier.
