Meaning

noun the shore of a sea or ocean

noun a slope down which sleds may coast

noun the area within view

originEtymology tree Latin costa Latin costicāreder. Old French costoierbor. Middle English costeien English coast From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) […] (modern…

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