inlaagdijk

Dutch

Etymology

From inlaag +‎ dijk.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

inlaagdijk m (plural inlaagdijken, diminutive inlaagdijkje n)

  1. a secondary dyke constructed some distance behind an outer dyke that is at risk of being breached, generally a seawall

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.