seawall

See also: sea wall

English

A seawall on the Isle of Wight.

Etymology

sea +‎ wall

Noun

seawall (plural seawalls)

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

Translations

coastal defence

Chinese:
Mandarin: 海堤 (zh) (hǎidī)
Dutch: zeedijk (nl)
Finnish: rantamuuri, rantavalli
French: digue (fr)

German: Damm (de) m, Deich (de) m
Norman: talustre m
Russian: волноло́м (ru) m (volnolóm), волноре́з (ru) m (volnoréz), да́мба (ru) f (dámba)
Spanish: dique (es) m

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