# seawall

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #59,696

## Definitions
1. A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.

## Etymology
From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/seawall