seawall

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seawall

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

noun seawalls · sea wall

A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment. The waves were dashing against the sea wall.

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noun coastal defence

Español	dique, espaldón, rompeolas, espigón, tajamar, molo
한국어	해벽 haebyeok, 방파제 bangpaje
中文	海堤 hǎidī
हिन्दी	समुद्री दीवार samudrī dīvār, समुद्रभित्ति samudrabhitti
Français	digue
Deutsch	Damm, Deich
Italiano	frangiflutti
Русский	волноло́м volnolóm, волноре́з volnoréz, да́мба dámba

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@misc{seawall_2026,
  title = {seawall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seawall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}