training wall

noun

A wall, bank or jetty built to confine and direct the flow of a river, watercourse or tide.

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Meanings

nountraining wall (plural training walls)

plural training walls

  1. A wall, bank or jetty built to confine and direct the flow of a river, watercourse or tide.

    A training wall of steel-sheet piling driven down 25 ft. now forms the other side of the mill lade.

    1950 January, “Re-Opening of the Eyemouth Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 11
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APA

training wall. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20wall

MLA

“training wall.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20wall. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “training wall,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/training%20wall.

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