sea wall

A form of seawall — A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Meanings

nounsea wall (plural sea walls)

plural sea walls

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of seawall.

    Walk along the beach to where the rock armour begins, then join the sea wall[.]

    2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 86
    1 more example

    As this issue of RAIL went to press, preparations were under way at Dawlish for the first pre-cast units to be installed as part of the programme to protect the sea wall.

    2019 October 23, Rail, page 20
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