1) Barricade 2) Bastion 3) Battlement 4) Battlements 5) Breakwater 6) Bulwarks 7) Crenelation 8) Crenellation 9) Earthwork 10) Groyne 11) Jetty 12) Mainstay 13) Merlon 14) Rampart 15) Ramparts 16) Seawall 17) Shield 18) Wall
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1) Defend with a 2) Defend with a bulwark 3) Defensive wall 4) Embankment 5) Fortification 6) Mainstay 7) Rampart 8) Rampart where el toro ambles 9) Strong support 10) Wall
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barricade of beams and soil used in 15th and 16th century fortifications designed to mount artillery. On board ships the term refers to the woodwork running round the ship above the level of the deck. Figuratively it means anything serving as a defence. Dutch loanword; Bolwerk
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the side of a ship above the deck
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the side of a ship above the deck
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Planking around the weather (upper) deck serving as a breakwater. It also prevents sailors from being swept overboard in high seas.
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• (v. t.) To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. • (n.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. • (n.) That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. • (n.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.Bulwark: words in the d...
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An extension of the timbers above the deck to form a rail.
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An earthwork or defensive wall.
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Extension of topsides above deck.
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bastion or (in first half of 16th century) a blockhouse
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Bul'wark transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bulwarked ;
present participle &
vb .
noun Bulwarking .] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to p...
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Bul'wark noun [ Akin to Dutch bolwerk , German bollwerk , Swedish bolwerk , Danish bolvärk , bulvärk , rampart; akin to German bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and Work , noun , and confer
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An extension of the planking above the deck to form a rail.
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A bulwark is a rampart, a fortification, a bastion or outwork.
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A vertical extension above deck level designed to keep water out of and sailors in the boat
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[
v] - defend with a bulwark
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bastion or (in first half of 16th century) a blockhouse
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verb defend with a bulwark
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A solid rail or wall extending the ships sides above the deck. From Old English and Norse, but of unknown meaning.
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a wall of earth or other material built for defense; rampart. · any protection against external danger, injury, or annoyance: The new dam was a bulwark against future floods. · any person or thing giving strong support or encouragement in time of need, danger, or doubt: Religion was his bulwark. · Usually,a solid wall enclosing th...
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an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
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[Lesser known words] a protective structure of stone or concrete
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a protective structure of stone or concrete
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[Intelligent words] a protective structure of stone or concrete
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