figurative. Applied to the sea, the navy or shipping (as Britain's external defence); also to an army (as the safeguard of a country).
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > means of defence > sea as (2) wall1436 figurative. Applied to the sea, the navy or shipping (as Britain's external defence); also to an army (as the safeguard of a country). seawall1879 The sea as a wall or barrier of defence. Cf. sea-walled. rare. |
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