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Breastwork

Breastwork Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Breastwork? [n] fortification consisting of a low wall Synonyms \| Synonyms for Breastwork: parapet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Breastwork: abatis \| advanced work \| arch dam \| backstop \| balistraria \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| banquette \| bar \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barrage \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| battlement \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| boom \| breakwater \| brick wall \| buffer \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| casemate \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| cofferdam \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| curtain \| dam \| defense \| demibastion \| dike \| ditch \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| embankment \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| gate \| glacis \| gravity dam \| groin \| hydraulic-fill dam \| iron curtain \| jam \| jetty \| leaping weir \| levee \| logjam \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| merlon \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| mound \| outwork \| palisade \| parados \| parapet \| portcullis \| postern gate \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| roadblock \| rock-fill dam \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| seawall \| shutter dam \| stockade \| stone wall \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| wall \| weir \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| fortification \| machicolation \| munition Breastwork In Webster's Dictionary \Breast"work`\ (br[e^]st"w[^u]rk`), n. 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. 2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

Breastwork Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Breastwork?

[n] fortification consisting of a low wall

Synonyms | Synonyms for Breastwork: parapet

See Also | fortification | machicolation | munition

Breastwork In Webster's Dictionary

\Breast"work`\ (br[e^]st"w[^u]rk`), n.
1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily
   thrown up, of earth or other material.

2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

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