sea wall
noun
a strong wall or embankment to prevent the encroachments of the sea, serve as a breakwater, etc.
sea-walled
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a word derived from
sea wall.
Example Sentences
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To a foreign visitor the whole country seems a garden--in the words of Shakespeare--"a sea-walled garden."
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
There are, however, various other particulars of importance for a traveller's enjoyment, which Shakspeare's "sea-walled garden" furnishes in by far the greater abundance.
From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh
At length the feast was over, and Marinell was obliged to accompany his mother home, and, sore against his will, leave Florimell in her sea-walled dungeon.
From Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene by Edmund Spencer
They respond From Maine to Florida, beyond The sea-walled continent's broad scope, Honor his pledge, confirm his hope.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Emma Lazarus
When our sea-walled garden, the whole land, Is full of weeds; her finest flowers choked up, Her fruit-trees all unpruned, her hedges ruined, Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs Swarming with caterpillars.
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
