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   Breastwork
   Heavy parapet slung between two gate towers; defense work over the portcullis.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018
   
   
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   Breastwork
   Timber palisade used to strengthen earthwork defences
   Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php
   
   
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   breastwork
   the vertical timber-work built on top of the earth rampart of a fort to provide screening for the sentry
   Found op http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/glos_rom.htm
   
   
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   Breastwork
   Breast'work` (brĕst'wûrk`) noun 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. 2. (Nautical) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/95
   
   
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   Breastwork
   • (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. • (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/breastwork/
   
   
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   Breastwork
   [fortification] A breastwork is a fortification. The term is usually applied to temporary fortifications, often an earthwork thrown up to breast height to provide protection to defenders firing over it from a standing position. A more permanent structure, normally in stone, would be describe...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastwork_(fortification)
   
   
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   Breastwork
   Breastwork is a defensive work or parapet of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material made for protection against the shot of the enemy.
   Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/FB.HTM
   
   
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   Breastwork
   A parapet.
   Found op http://www.napoleonguide.com/glossary.htm
   
   
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   breastwork
   1) Fortification 2) Munition 3) Parapet
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/breastwork/1
   
   

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