Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A retaining wall at the foot of a slope.
- noun A wall built breast-high.
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Examples
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The tide was in close on the breast-wall behind, and the sound of it came up and moaned in the close like the sough of a sea-shell held against the ear.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Seamen clamoured at the quay, loud-spoken mariners from the ports of Clyde and Leven and their busses tugged at anchor in the upper bay or sat shoulder to shoulder in a friendly congregation under the breast-wall, laden to the beams with merchandise and provender for this hungry country.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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Opposite the north pier, on the south side of the river, Smeaton constructed a breast-wall about half the length of the Pier.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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