BULWARK
Definition:
- [noun] 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"
Synonyms: rampart, wall
- [noun] a fence-like structure around a deck
- [noun] a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
Synonyms: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty
- [verb] defend with a bulwark
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Related Words:
- Antonine Wall
- bailey
- battlement, crenelation, crenellation
- Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China
- earthwork
- fraise
- merlon
