Driftwood, weathered by time, tales of seafaring past.

Meaning: This sentence is describing the driftwood that is found on the beach, and how it tells stories about people who have traveled by sea in the past.

Choice of Words: Driftwood is wood that has been washed up on the shore by the waves. Weathered means to be worn or damaged by the weather. Time is the period during which something happens or exists. Seafaring means traveling by sea. When you put them together, "driftwood" means wood that has been washed up on the shore by the waves, "weathered by time" means that the wood has been worn or damaged by the weather over a long period of time, and "tales of seafaring past" means that the wood tells stories about people who have traveled by sea in the past.

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