seawall

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

breakwater

bulwark

jetty

mole

groin

groyne

coastal levee

sea wall

sea bank

sea embankment

sea-wall

tide embankment

sea dyke

digue

dike

levee

pier

Vertalings

Deich

digue

zeedijk

dique

espigó

Damm

aine

brise-lames

jetée

mole

taupe

engonal

frangiflutti

scogliera

antemurale

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: se-walle

Geërf van Old English: sǣweall

In summary

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