seawall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

Word forms

seawall seawalls sea wall

Etymology

From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.

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