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Bulwark Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bulwark?
[n] a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[n] a fence-like structure around a deck [n] an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" [v] defend with a bulwark Synonyms | Synonyms for Bulwark: breakwater | bulwarks | groin | groyne | jetty | mole | rampart | seawall | wall Related Terms | Find terms related to Bulwark: abatis | abutment | advanced work | aegis | arc-boutant | arch dam | arm guard | backstop | balistraria | bamboo curtain | bank | banquette | bar | barbed-wire entanglement | barbican | barrage | barricade | barrier | bartizan | bastion | battlement | beam | bear-trap dam | beaver dam | boom | breakwater | breastwork | brick wall | buffer | bulkhead | bumper | buttress | buttress pier | buttressing | casemate | cheval-de-frise | circumvallation | citadel | cofferdam | contraceptive | contravallation | copyright | counterscarp | cover | crash helmet | curtain | cushion | dam | dashboard | defend | defense | demibastion | dike | ditch | dodger | drawbridge | earthwork | embankment | enclosure | entanglement | escarp | escarpment | face mask | fence | fend | fender | fieldwork | finger guard | flying buttress | foot guard | fort | fortalice | fortification | fortress | fuse | gate | glacis | goggles | governor | gravity dam | groin | guard | guardrail | hand guard | handrail | hanging buttress | hard hat | helmet | hydraulic-fill dam | insulation | interlock | iron curtain | jam | jetty | jutty | knee guard | knuckle guard | laminated glass | leaping weir | levee | life preserver | lifeline | lightning conductor | lightning rod | logjam | loophole | lunette | machicolation | mantelet | mask | merlon | milldam | moat | mole | mound | mudguard | nose guard | outwork | pad | padding | palisade | palladium | parados | parapet | patent | pier | pier buttress | pilot | portcullis | postern gate | preventive | prophylactic | protect | protective clothing | protective umbrella | rampart | ravelin | redan | redoubt | retaining wall | roadblock | rock-fill dam | safeguard | safety | safety glass | safety plug | safety rail | safety shoes | safety switch | safety valve | sally port | scarp | sconce | screen | seat belt | seawall | secure | shelter | shield | shin guard | shoulder | shutter dam | stockade | stone wall | stronghold | sun helmet | tenaille | umbrella | vallation | vallum | wall | weir | wicket dam | windscreen | windshield | work See Also | bailey | barrier | battlement | Chinese Wall | crenelation | crenellation | defend | earthwork | embankment | fortification | fraise | Great Wall of China | merlon | munition | ship Bulwark In Webster's Dictionary \Bul"wark\, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw.
bolwerk, Dan. bolv["a]rk, bulv["a]rk, rampart; akin to G.
bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See {Bole} stem, and
{Work}, n., and cf. {Boulevard}.]
1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from
attack; any means of defense or protection.
The royal navy of England hath ever been its
greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our
island. --Blackstone.
3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
Syn: See {Rampart}.
\Bul"wark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bulwarked}; p. pr. & vb.n. {Bulwarking}.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers. --Glover. |
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