sea-diken.
An embankment against the sea, a seawall.
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14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 797/40 Hoc fossatum, a sedyke.
1878 S. H. Miller & S. B. J. Skertchly Fenland i. 8 The old seadykes—like those along the coast of East-Holland in Lincolnshire.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [noun] > sea-wall
sea-dike1394
seawallc1450
sea-head1531
bulwark1555
sea-bank1647
swash bank1852
1394–5 in East Anglian (1871) 4 79 [The iiij part of one labour in] Sedyksylver.
1394–5 in East Anglian (1871) 4 92 [Of xxv labours by custom called] Sediksylver.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Evj When I cum to seadyke syde [L. ad mare cum veni].
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 272 The Old Sea-dike bank.
Derivatives
ˈsea-diked adj.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > embankment or dam > [adjective] > having sea-walls
sea-diked1851
1851 S. Warren Lily & Bee 22 In busy sea-dyked Holland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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