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sea-front
1. That portion or side of a building, etc. which faces the sea.
1879Sir C. Nugent in Encycl. Brit. IX. 450/2 These forts..are protected with shields or walls of iron upon their sea⁓fronts. 1881Freeman Venice 142 We can trace out the long line of the sea-front of the palace which became a city.
2. The land on the side of a town, etc. facing the sea.
1879Sir C. Nugent in Encycl. Brit. IX. 450/1 Upon the sea fronts the works consist..of isolated forts. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xix. (ed. 3) 188 A short distance from the sea-front. |