Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan.
   strand, Icel. str["o]nd.]
   The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large
   lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer.

   {Strand birds}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}.
      

   {Strand plover} (Zo["o]l.), a black-bellied plover. See
      Illust. of {Plover}.

   {Strand wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the brown hyena.