Definition of Breakweter
Break"wa`ter (&?;), n. Any structure or
contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the
force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside
- (nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecsatle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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