Seabank
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
"So strong is the barrier which these sea-borne sands oppose to the river-borne ooze, that as soon as a seabank is built — as the projectors of the Victoria County have built them — across any part of the estuary, the mud caught by it soon 'warps' the space within into firm and rich dry land."
- 2 The seashore.
Example
More examples"So strong is the barrier which these sea-borne sands oppose to the river-borne ooze, that as soon as a seabank is built — as the projectors of the Victoria County have built them — across any part of the estuary, the mud caught by it soon 'warps' the space within into firm and rich dry land."
Etymology
From Middle English see-banke, se-banke, see banke, equivalent to sea + bank.
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