floodwall

English

Alternative forms

  • flood wall

Etymology

From flood +‎ wall.

Noun

floodwall (plural floodwalls)

  1. A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood
    • 2007 May 29, John Schwartz, “Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The New Orleans levees and floodwalls were built to withstand a hypothetical storm […] .

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