different between coastline vs seabank

coastline

English

Etymology

coast +? line

Pronunciation

Noun

coastline (countable and uncountable, plural coastlines)

  1. The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast.

Translations

Anagrams

  • asolectin, laces into, sectional

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seabank

English

Etymology

From Middle English see-banke, se-banke, see banke, equivalent to sea +? bank.

Noun

seabank (plural seabanks)

  1. 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 []
  2. The seashore.

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