seawall

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

engonal

talp

dic

escullera

espigó

Sinònims

breakwater

bulwark

jetty

mole

groin

groyne

coastal levee

sea wall

sea bank

sea embankment

sea-wall

tide embankment

sea dyke

digue

dike

levee

pier

Traduccions

Deich

digue

zeedijk

dique

mole

taupe

embarcadère

frangiflutti

scogliera

Damm

gettata

frangionde

frangimare

diga frangiflutti

zeewering

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: se-walle

Heretat de anglès antic: sǣweall

In summary

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