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Definition of Seawall
1. Noun. A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away.
Generic synonyms: Barrier
Derivative terms: Bulwark
Definition of Seawall
1. Noun. a coastal defence in the form of an embankment ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seawall
1. a wall to protect a shoreline from erosion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seawall
Literary usage of Seawall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"The Commissioners must cause surveys and ' estimates to be made for the construction
of a seawall, and the expenses of such surveys and the cost of ..."
2. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 edited by Thomas D. O'Rourke (1993)
"FAIR'S seawall Olmstead and others (1977) described the construction of ...
The seawall (of undocumented height) was built of rock that was brought to the ..."
3. San Francisco Harbor, Its Commerce and Docks: With a Complete Plan for by Luther Wagoner, William Henry Heuer (1908)
"DESCRIPTION OF seawall. There are yet eight miles of seawall to be built, ...
Behind the seawall is the street or thoroughfare; the filling being of sand, ..."
4. San Francisco Harbor, Its Commerce and Docks: With a Complete Plan for by Luther Wagoner, William Henry Heuer (1908)
"DESCRIPTION OP seawall. There are yet eight miles of seawall to be built, ...
Behind the seawall is the street or thoroughfare; the filling being of sand, ..."
5. The Codes and Statutes of California, as Amended and in Force at the Close by California, Frank P. Deering (1889)
"If the vote is in the affirmative, the line adopted shall be thenceforth the line
of the harbor embankment and seawall of the harbor of San Diego. 2589. ..."
6. Report by California, State Board of Harbor Commissioners (1913)
"By the construction of a new seawall and the reclamation of the land between it
and the ... From the new seawall lots created, large revenues are derived, ..."
7. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1878)
"... and other inconveniences arising thereby, this Court judgeth it meete to recall
that former order, and doe appoint Mr. Samuel seawall ..."
8. Journalby California Legislature by California Legislature (1887)
"the employment of said bridge company, while at work on section six of the seawall,
because he did not wish to comply with the order of one Gray, ..."
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