Applied to a breakwater. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > breakwater (11) countermure1610 Applied to a breakwater. Obsolete. breaker1661 That which breaks; as a break-water (obsolete), a harrow (see quot. 1799). In many combinations, as coal breaker n. at coal, n. compounds 2, icebr… water-breakera1689 A barrier against the force of the waves, a breakwater. Also: a cutwater on the pier of a bridge; = cutwater, n. 2. breakwater1769 Anything that breaks the force of the waves at a particular place, esp. a solid structure of rubble and masonry erected to form or protect a… floating harbour1841 (see quot.). water break1875 = breakwater, n. 1. rare. crib-breakwater1879 a breakwater made of cribwork. wave screen1883 (see quot.). stockade1891 transferred. Hydraulic Engineering. A row of piles serving as a breakwater or as a protection to an embankment. Stabit1962 A large mass of concrete so shaped that when large numbers are placed together they tend to interlock and form a strong barrier that will act as a… Subcategories:— part of (1) |
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