Applied to a breakwater. Obsolete.

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…

A barrier against the force of the waves, a breakwater. Also: a cutwater on the pier of a bridge; = cutwater, n. 2.

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…

(see quot.).

= breakwater, n. 1. rare.

a breakwater made of cribwork.

(see quot.).

transferred. Hydraulic Engineering. A row of piles serving as a breakwater or as a protection to an embankment.

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…