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sea wall
noun
- a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc.
sea wall
noun
- a wall or embankment built to prevent encroachment or erosion by the sea or to serve as a breakwater
Derived Forms
- ˈsea-ˌwalled, adjective
Other Words From
- sea-walled adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sea wall1
Example Sentences
Both Del Mar and Oceanside regularly dish out dollars to add sand to their shrinking beaches, in part, some believe, because property owners build sea walls to protect the cliff or property from waves, which means no room for the beach to grow.
Next, the tsunami breached the plant’s protective sea wall and swamped portions of the site.
The city knows all of this but there are no plans yet in place to move people and property away from the shoreline or put stuff in the ocean to try and slow down the onslaught of wave energy, like a sea wall, cobblestone or artificial reef.
Others will need defenses such as sea walls and flood gates — but those defenses might not be effective for long.
Others will need defenses like sea walls and flood gates—but those defenses might not be effective for long.
The children who choose to jump off Akka's sea wall seize the right to own their own fates.
Somebody who lives near the café then called him to say the water had risen over the sea wall.
And then she saw Florrie Bagster, on the other side of the street, walking leisurely by the sea-wall, alone.
On the near side, the sea-wall makes an elbow crooked inversely, and its end too has a lighthouse.
Elbows on the parapet of the sea-wall, they gaze out into the offing.
His house was upon a very high chalk rock, and a sea-wall of one-fifth the height would answer every purpose.
The estimate this gentleman made for the construction of a sea-wall—one that would stand—was ten thousand pounds.
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