Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In hydraulic engineering, a wall made to confine a river within definite bounds, either to prevent denudation or erosion of the banks, or overflow of the adjacent land, or to concentrate the force of the stream within a smaller area for the purpose of deepening a navigable channel.
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Examples
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He had anchored a flotilla of boats, furnished him by Amalrus, in the middle of the stream, over against the river-wall.
Wings in the Night Howard, Robert E. 2006
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The men in the canoes rushed their boats toward the river-wall, and were met by another shower of cloth-yard shafts and a volley from the small balistas mounted on towers on that side The Conquering Sword of Conan of the stockade.
The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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The men in the canoes rushed their boats toward the river-wall, and were met by another shower of cloth-yard shafts and a volley from the small balistas mounted on towers on that side The Conquering Sword of Conan of the stockade.
The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005
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He had anchored a flotilla of boats, furnished him by Amalrus, in the middle of the stream, over against the river-wall.
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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He had anchored a flotilla of boats, furnished him by Amalrus, in the middle of the stream, over against the river-wall.
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003
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The men in the canoes rushed their boats toward the river-wall, and were met by another shower of clothyard shafts and a volley from the small ballistas mounted on towers on that side of the stockade.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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He had anchored a flotilla of boats, furnished him by Amalrus, in the middle of the stream, over against the river-wall.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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The men in the canoes rushed their boats toward the river-wall, and were met by another shower of clothyard shafts and a volley from the small ballistae mounted on towers on that side of the stockade.
Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1973
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The men in the canoes rushed their boats toward the river-wall, and were met by another shower of clothyard shafts and a volley from the small ballistae mounted on towers on that side of the stockade.
Conan The Warrior Howard, Robert E. 1967
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Down at the river-wall we found a great crowd waiting to see us off.
The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle Hugh Lofting 1916
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