astrand

astrand

English

Etymology

a- +‎ strand

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstɹænd/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Adjective

astrand (not comparable)

1. (of a watercraft) Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach.

   Synonym: aground

   • 1671, “The Copy of a Narrativ, Sent from Capt. D. Butler,” in John Morrison (translator), The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys, London: Samuel Smith, 1683, p. 373,

     […] I had news by the Chirurgeon, how that my Ships-company that betook themselvs to flight with the Shallop were run astrand on the Scemkal or Dagestan Coast, a Countrey butting out against the Caspian Sea.

   • 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; a Poem, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, OCLC 6632529, stanza 13, page 260:

     As the tall ship, whose lofty prore
     Shall never stem the billows more,
     Deserted by her gallant band,
     Amid the breakers lies astrand,—

   • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 47, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, OCLC 558196156, page 482:

     There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,

   • 1932, Robinson Jeffers, “Margrave” in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, 1938, p. 374,

     […] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.

Anagrams

• Stanard, sand art, tar sand, tarsand