seawall in English

noun
1
a wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea from encroaching on or eroding an area of land.
A spokesman for the agency said that the sea wall protects a large area of low-lying land against the risk of flooding.

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1. We supply materials for nearly any size Bulkhead, retaining wall, or seawall.

2. Crenulate bay theory was applied to understand what shoreline shape would result if the seawall was lost

3. 1421 – A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people.

4. The fires combined into a raging firestorm, driving the survivors toward the seawall, where they were struck by the waves.

5. Augustine.’ ‘A seawall comprising Coquina faced with granite to the high water mark protected the eastern fort walls from the tides of Matanzas Bay.’

6. Branford Point Dock Area to be Closed March 20, 2021 Branford Point Dock Area to be Closed for Seawall Repairs The Town of Branford Engineering Department has received

7. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he was the engineer who built the seawall in New Orleans running from the West End to the Spanish Fort.

8. The topography of the city center was also changed by the construction of a seawall and the artificial Harbor Island (completed 1909) at the mouth of the city's industrial Duwamish Waterway, the terminus of the Green River.

9. Breakwater - a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away groyne, jetty, seawall, bulwark, groin, mole barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection

10. As he sits on the town's seawall eating one of the rice balls, he notices a young girl beside him who introduces herself as Misuzu Kamio—a sincere yet clumsy girl who is eager to become friends with him.