breakwatern.

/ˈbreɪkwɔːtə/

Etymology: < break v. + water n.

1. Anything that breaks the force of the waves at a particular place, esp. a solid structure of rubble and masonry erected to form or protect a harbour, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > breakwater

countermure1610

breaker1661

water-breakera1689

breakwater1769

floating harbour1841

water break1875

crib-breakwater1879

wave screen1883

stockade1891

Stabit1962

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Break-water, the..hull of some old..vessel, sunk at the entrance of a small harbour, to..diminish the force of the waves.

1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §100 The house-reef may..be considered as a pier, break-water, or bulwark to vessels lying there.

1846 G. N. Wright Cream Sci. Knowl. 58 The most remarkable Break-waters are those of Cherbourg in France, and Plymouth in England.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iii. 36 This berg is a moving break-water.

1856 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 29 And present, breakwater-like, their natural slopes to the action of the waves.

figurative.1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 332 A breakwater..to protect from that grinding oppression of the poor by the poor.1875 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 333 A religious breakwater.

2. In other uses:

a. A groyne or barrier on the beach to retain shingle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > groyne(s)

groyne1582

breakwater1721

tail-piles1837

horse1852

groyning1867

1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 116 Several low narrow Jetties, (or Break-Waters) extending from the top of the Beach down to the Low Water Mark.

b. (See quot. 1769.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > other types of buoy

can-buoy1626

mast-buoy1675

nun buoy1703

breakwater1769

under-buoy1793

light buoy1822

bell-buoy1838

spar-buoy1860

gas buoy1865

whistling buoy1880

puppy1890

singing-buoy1894

gas float1895

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Break-water, is also a sort of small buoy, fastened to a large one in the water, when the buoy-rope of the latter is not long enough to reach from the anchor..to the surface of the water. The use of this break-water is..to shew where the buoy swims.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	breakwater
释义	breakwatern. /ˈbreɪkwɔːtə/ Etymology: < break v. + water n. 1. Anything that breaks the force of the waves at a particular place, esp. a solid structure of rubble and masonry erected to form or protect a harbour, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > breakwater countermure1610 breaker1661 water-breakera1689 breakwater1769 floating harbour1841 water break1875 crib-breakwater1879 wave screen1883 stockade1891 Stabit1962 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Break-water, the..hull of some old..vessel, sunk at the entrance of a small harbour, to..diminish the force of the waves. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §100 The house-reef may..be considered as a pier, break-water, or bulwark to vessels lying there. 1846 G. N. Wright Cream Sci. Knowl. 58 The most remarkable Break-waters are those of Cherbourg in France, and Plymouth in England. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. iii. 36 This berg is a moving break-water. 1856 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 29 And present, breakwater-like, their natural slopes to the action of the waves. figurative.1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters 332 A breakwater..to protect from that grinding oppression of the poor by the poor.1875 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 333 A religious breakwater. 2. In other uses: a. A groyne or barrier on the beach to retain shingle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > groyne(s) groyne1582 breakwater1721 tail-piles1837 horse1852 groyning1867 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 116 Several low narrow Jetties, (or Break-Waters) extending from the top of the Beach down to the Low Water Mark. b. (See quot. 1769.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > other types of buoy can-buoy1626 mast-buoy1675 nun buoy1703 breakwater1769 under-buoy1793 light buoy1822 bell-buoy1838 spar-buoy1860 gas buoy1865 whistling buoy1880 puppy1890 singing-buoy1894 gas float1895 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Break-water, is also a sort of small buoy, fastened to a large one in the water, when the buoy-rope of the latter is not long enough to reach from the anchor..to the surface of the water. The use of this break-water is..to shew where the buoy swims. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1721
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