seawall

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

zeedijk

zeewering

Synoniemen

breakwater

bulwark

jetty

mole

groin

groyne

coastal levee

sea wall

sea bank

sea embankment

sea-wall

tide embankment

sea dyke

digue

dike

levee

pier

Vertalingen

Deich

digue

dique

escullera

espigó

Damm

aine

brise-lames

jetée

mole

engonal

embarcadère

frangiflutti

scogliera

antemurale

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: se-walle

Overgenomen van Oudengels: sǣweall

In summary

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