embankment wall

  • 31sea wall — n. a wall or embankment made to break the force of the waves and to protect the shore from erosion: also written seawall n …

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  • 32training wall — noun also training bank : a wall, bank, or jetty built to confine and direct the flow of a river or tide * * * an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream. [1880 85] …

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  • 33sea wall — sea walled, adj. a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc. [bef. 1000; ME; OE: cliff over the sea] * * * …

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  • 34training wall — an artificial embankment or wall for directing the course of a stream. [1880 85] * * * …

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  • 35sea wall — noun a wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea encroaching on an area of land …

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  • 36dwarf wall — noun : a low toe wall built to retain the slope of an excavation or embankment …

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  • 37retaining wall — Synonyms and related words: abutment, arc boutant, bank, beam, breakwater, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, embankment, flying buttress, groin, hanging buttress, jetty, jutty, mole, pier, pier buttress, rampart, seawall, shoulder …

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  • 38Chidham — infobox UK place country = England static static image caption= latitude= 50.82914 longitude= 0.88307 official name =Chidham population = shire district= Chichester shire county= West Sussex region= South East England constituency westminster=… …

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  • 39Victoria Arches — The River Irwell, and the bricked up landing stages (left) The Victoria Arches were a series of arches built in the embankment of the River Irwell in Manchester. They served as business premises, landing stages for Steam packet riverboats, and… …

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  • 40Manchester Cathedral Steps — The Cathedral Steps were wooden staircases that descended from street level on Victoria Street in Manchester, to arched brick landing stages built into the embankment of the River Irwell, and finally to floating moored platforms. The purpose of… …

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