seamark

See also: sea mark

English

sea +‎ mark. Compare landmark.

seamark (plural seamarks)

Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners, such as a hill or steeple.
A beacon, buoy, etc. placed in the sea to aid navigation.
- c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], line 74:
  Like a great sea-mark, standing every flaw, / And saving those that eye thee!

elevated object on land

beacon, buoy etc.

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