Meanings of coastal defenses in English

While this advance was being conducted the British fleet were bombarding the coastal defenses.

The group decided to focus on bolstering coastal defenses and refurbishing the crumbling flood canal system.

I don't think we should be rushing into building up coastal defenses until we know what we could be defending against.

A strong monsoon storm coinciding with a high tide overwhelmed ramshackle coastal defenses, pushing a wall of water from Jakarta Bay into the capital.

He'd been in East Anglia with contractors seconded to the army, building coastal defenses, which was why he was so late coming to the hospital.

The case stems from loans Credit Suisse helped arrange between 2013 and 2016 to develop Mozambique's coastal defenses, shipping fleet and tuna fishing industry.

Coastal defenses, naval schools, you name it.