verb
- searched along a beach for interesting or valuable items washed up by the sea
Usage: past tense of beachcomb
Examples
- She beachcombed for shells and sea glass every morning.
- The children beachcombed along the shore after the storm.
- He beachcombed the coastline looking for driftwood.
- They beachcombed for hours but found only seaweed.
- The old man beachcombed regularly, collecting bottles and rope.
- We beachcombed at dawn when the tide was low.