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toe walls

toe walls is the plural of toe wall.

Meaning of toe wall

Noun

toe wall (plural toe walls)

  1. A low retaining wall, e.g. at the bottom of a slope or cliff.
    • No such influences are, however, at work on the cliffs to the north of the railway, where it is in the open, as the railway embankment itself and the toe wall at the bottom prevent such action [erosion by the sea]. A new toe wall has recently been constructed from the Dover end of Abbotscliff...1940 October, Charles E. Lee, “Chalk Falls between Folkestone and Dover”, in Railway Magazine, page 533

Questions about toe walls

What is toe walls the plural of?
Toe walls is the plural of toe wall.

Words near toe walls in the dictionary

  1. toe the rubber
  2. toe to toe
  3. toe touch
  4. toe touches
  5. toe wall
  6. toe walls
  7. toe-and-heel
  8. toe-biter
  9. toe-biters
  10. toe-clipping
  11. toe-clippings

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