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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bulwark \Bul"wark\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulwarked; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bulwarking.]
To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by
fortification; to protect.
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Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed
With rising towers. --Glover.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bulwark \Bul"wark\, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw.
bolwerk, Dan. bolv[aum]rk, bulv[aum]rk, rampart; akin to G.
bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and
Work, n., and cf. Boulevard.]
1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
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2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from
attack; any means of defense or protection.
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The royal navy of England hath ever been its
greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our
island. --Blackstone.
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3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck,
usually a fencelike structure around the deck.
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Syn: See Rampart.
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WordNet Bulwark
n 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" [syn: rampart,
wall]
2: a fence-like structure around a deck [syn: bulwarks]
3: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from
shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
[syn: breakwater, groin, groyne, mole, seawall,
jetty]
v : defend with a bulwark

Moby Dictionary
abatis , abutment , advanced work , aegis , arc-boutant , arch dam ,
arm guard , backstop , balistraria , bamboo curtain , bank , banquette ,
bar , barbed-wire entanglement , barbican , barrage , barricade ,
barrier , bartizan , bastion , battlement , beam , bear-trap dam ,
beaver dam , boom , breakwater , breastwork , brick wall , buffer ,
bulkhead , bumper , buttress , buttress pier , buttressing , casemate ,
cheval-de-frise , circumvallation , citadel , cofferdam ,
contraceptive , contravallation , copyright , counterscarp , cover ,
crash helmet , curtain , cushion , dam , dashboard , defend , defense ,
demibastion , dike , ditch , dodger , drawbridge , earthwork ,
embankment , enclosure , entanglement , escarp , escarpment , face mask ,
fence , fend , fender , fieldwork , finger guard , flying buttress ,
foot guard , fort , fortalice , fortification , fortress , fuse , gate ,
glacis , goggles , governor , gravity dam , groin , guard , guardrail ,
hand guard , handrail , hanging buttress , hard hat , helmet ,
hydraulic-fill dam , insulation , interlock , iron curtain , jam ,
jetty , jutty , knee guard , knuckle guard , laminated glass ,
leaping weir , levee , life preserver , lifeline , lightning conductor ,
lightning rod , logjam , loophole , lunette , machicolation , mantelet ,
mask , merlon , milldam , moat , mole , mound , mudguard , nose guard ,
outwork , pad , padding , palisade , palladium , parados , parapet ,
patent , pier , pier buttress , pilot , portcullis , postern gate ,
preventive , prophylactic , protect , protective clothing ,
protective umbrella , rampart , ravelin , redan , redoubt ,
retaining wall , roadblock , rock-fill dam , safeguard , safety ,
safety glass , safety plug , safety rail , safety shoes ,
safety switch , safety valve , sally port , scarp , sconce , screen ,
seat belt , seawall , secure , shelter , shield , shin guard , shoulder ,
shutter dam , stockade , stone wall , stronghold , sun helmet ,
tenaille , umbrella , vallation , vallum , wall , weir , wicket dam ,
windscreen , windshield , work