seabank
English
Etymology
From Middle English see-banke, se-banke, see banke, equivalent to sea + bank.
Noun
seabank (plural seabanks)
- A bank or mole to defend against the sea.
- c. 1860, Charles Kingsley, The Fens
- So strong is the barrier which these sea-borne sands oppose to the river-borne ooze, that as soon as a seabank is built — as the projectors of the Victoria County have built them — across any part of the estuary, the mud caught by it soon 'warps' the space within into firm and rich dry land.
- 2009, Peter Murphy, The English Coast: A History and a Prospect (page 55)
- Typically, aerial photography of areas of seabanks shows a complex pattern of banks and counter-walls […]
- c. 1860, Charles Kingsley, The Fens
- The seashore.