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English
Etymology
a- + strand
Pronunciation
Adjective
astrand (not comparable)
- Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft)
- Synonym: aground
1671, “The Copy of a Narrativ, Sent from Capt. D. Butler,”, in John Morrison, transl., The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys, London: Samuel Smith, published 1683, page 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; , Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XIII, 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,—
1932, Robinson Jeffers, “Margrave”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1938, page 374:[…] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.
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