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Seawall

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Noun
  1. 1
    A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
  2. 2
    a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away wordnet

Etymology

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

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