Sea-wall Synonyms
- breakwater
- dike
- embankment
- sea-cliff
Sea-wall Sentence Examples
The tendency of the currents in the Channel opposite Brighton is to drive the shingle eastward, and encroachments of the sea were frequent and serious until the erection of a massive sea-wall, begun about 1830, 60 ft.
A breakwater and sea-wall prevent the blocking of the harbour entrance and encroachments of the sea; and there is another breakwater at Landguard Point on the opposite (Suffolk) shore of the estuary.
An esplanade is built along the sea-wall, and the town possesses golf links and other recreation grounds.
The esplanade and sea-wall front the North Sea, and there is a fine expanse of sand affording good bathing.
The deposit lies partly under the foreshore of the river Duddon, and a company has expended upwards of 120,000 upon a sea-wall and embankment to protect the mine from the sea.