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floodwall

noun

Etymology

From flood + wall.

  1. derived from *wel-✻
  2. derived from vallum
  3. inherited from *wallaz✻
  4. inherited from weall
  5. inherited from wall
  6. inherited from *walhaz✻
  7. inherited from wælisc
  8. compounded as floodwall — “flood + wall”

Definitions

  1. A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or…

    A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood

    • The New Orleans levees and floodwalls were built to withstand a hypothetical storm […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA