randla maismaaline osa keskmise rannajoone (veepiiri) ja aju- ehk ründeveega kaasneva tugevaima tormilaine mõjupiiri vahel, gently sloping strip of land with accumulation of unconsolidated water-borne material [usually well-sorted sand and pebbles, accompanied by mud, cobbles, boulders, and smoothed rock and shell fragments] that is subject to wave action [swash and backwash] at the shore between the limits of low water and high water