Bulwark

['bʊlwək] or ['bʊlwɝk]

Definition

(noun.) a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural).

(verb.) defend with a bulwark.

Checker: Williams--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(v. t.) To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rampart, redoubt, fortification.[2]. Security, safeguard, palladium.

Typist: Marion

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rampart, fortress, fortification, palladium, citadel, intrenchment, stronghold,parapet, bastion

ANT:Storming, siege, investment, bombardment, cannonade, boarding

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Definition

n. a fortification or rampart: a breakwater or sea-wall: any means of defence or security.—v.t. to defend.

Editor: Stanton