"bulkhead line" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bulkhead lines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulkhead line (plural bulkhead lines)
  1. An officially set line along a shoreline, usually outside of the dry land, to demark a territory allowable to be treated as dry land, to separate the jurisdictions of dry land and water authorities, for construction and riparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions to navigation, etc.
    Sense id: en-bulkhead_line-en-noun-~EvaptKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40
  2. (US) A line in a navigable waterway established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, beyond which solid fill is not permitted. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-bulkhead_line-en-noun-4Ar7wzUt Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pierhead line

Inflected forms

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