Definition of Barrier island

1. Noun. A long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore.

Specialized synonyms: Hatteras Island
Generic synonyms: Island

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrier Island

barricades
barricading
barricado
barricado'd
barricadoed
barricadoes
barricadoing
barricados
barrico
barricoes
barricos
barrier
barrier board
barrier boards
barrier island (current term)
barrier methods
barrier reef
barrier strip
barriered
barrierless
barrierlessly
barrierlike
barriers
barries
barrigudo
barrigudos
barring
barringerite

Literary usage of Barrier island

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Second Visit to the United States of North America by Charles Lyell (1849)
"Visit to outermost barrier island. — Sea Shells on Beach. — Negro Maid-Servants. Dec. 31. 1845.—ON the last day of the year we sailed in a steamer from ..."

2. A Second Visit to North America by Charles Lyell (1855)
"Visit to outermost barrier island. — Sea Shells on Beach. — Negro Maid-Servants. Dec. ... barrier island ..."

3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1905)
"THn~„ EXPEDITION TO GREAT barrier island, 1838. He says, " Towards the close of the year 1838, about one hundred fighting men of one of the tribes in the ..."

4. Adventure Guide to New Zealand by Bette Flagler (2005)
"Great barrier island Go from upmarket winery tourism with little shops to the rugged lifestyle farther out to sea on Great barrier island. If you have time, ..."

5. Baltimore & the Chesapeake Bayby Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers, Stillman Rogers (2001)
"ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE South of Ocean City is another barrier island, Assa- teague, which is protected as a wildlife refuge. At the north end, ..."

6. Drawing Louisiana's New Map: Addressing Land Loss in Coastal Louisiana by National Academies Press (U.S.) (2006)
"ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE GAPS Performance of barrier island Construction and Maintenance The active processes affecting sediment transport and dispersal in the ..."

7. Corals and Coral Islands by James Dwight Dana (1890)
"All the conditions from fringing to barrier and from the barrier island to the atoll are admirably illustrated in the Louisiade Archipelago, Plate VII. ..."

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