Originally: the action of living as a beachcomber. Later usually: the activity or pastime of wandering the beach, looking for interesting or valuable items. Also (as a count noun): the material found by a beachcomber.

Designating or relating to a beachcomber; engaged in beachcombing.

the activity of walking along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items

forms of recreation like sunbathing, dog walking, and beachcombing made many beaches unsuitable for nesting

rocks and shells from their beachcombing expeditions cover almost every shelf

To engage in beachcombing or spend time as a beachcomber; to search the shore for valuable or interesting items that have washed up.

To salvage (lumber, especially timber which has become detached from a log-boom) from the shore.

spend time walking along a beach looking for valuable or interesting items

she was beachcombing with her son when they spied something on the beach