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Etymology

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From down +‎ coast.

Adjective

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downcoast (comparative further downcoast, superlative furthest downcoast)

  1. Downstream in the direction of coastal currents
    • 1988 October 21, Kathie Newhouse, “Deep Appreciation”, in Chicago Reader:
      Trapping of littoral drift sediment, preventing it from reaching downcoast beaches.