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bulwark
n.
stout defense wall, fortress wall
Bastion
A
bastion (also named bulwark, derived from the Dutch name "bolwerk"), is an angular structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of an artillery
fortification. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and also the adjacent bastions. It is one element in the style of fortification dominant from the mid 16th to mid 19th centuries. Bastion fortifications offered a greater degree of passive resistance and more scope for ranged defense in the age of gunpowder artillery compared with the medieval fortifications they replaced.
bulwark
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) rampart, wall
(hypernym) embankment
(hyponym) Antonine Wall
(part-holonym) fortification, munition
2. a fence-like structure around a deck
(synonym) bulwarks
(hypernym) barrier
(part-holonym) ship
3. a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
(synonym) breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall, jetty
(hypernym) barrier
Verb
1. defend with a bulwark
(hypernym) defend
(derivation) rampart, wall
bulwark
Rzecz.
zapora (przed czymś); wał obronny
Bulwark
(v. t.)
To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
(n.)
The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
(n.)
That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.
(n.)
A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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