Bulwark - English meaning

noun

An improvised barrier erected across a street or other thoroughfare to prevent or delay the movement of opposing forces.

Usage examples:

They built barricades in the narrow streets

verb

Block or defend with a barricade.

Usage examples:

They barricaded the building and occupied it all night

noun

A flat strip of land, raised bank, or terrace bordering a river or canal.

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Pools that hold water (except during drought conditions) occur in the park at two locations just be…

noun

A flat or raised strip of land, often created in order to separate or protect an area

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The sand is deposited in berms or sand bars in shallow water., they constructed a berm designed to …

noun

A low temporary defence or parapet.

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Up ahead were gentle country hills, picket fences - and what looked like breastworks and fortificat…

noun

A defensive wall of a castle or walled city.

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A small stream encircled the space between the inner and outer circumvallations

noun

A large artificial bank of soil, especially one used as a fortification.

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Bronze age earthworks

noun

A raised area of earth made, especially in the past, for defence against enemy attack

noun

A wall or bank of earth or stone built to prevent a river flooding an area.

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Chelsea embankment

noun

An artificial slope made of earth or stones

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A river embankment

noun

A defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack.

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The building and maintenance of fortifications

noun

The act of strengthening something, esp. in order to protect it

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[ u ] i had a cup of tea as fortification for the afternoon’s work., [ usually pl ] those towers we…

noun

A fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence.

Usage examples:

At this time fortifications consisted mainly of earth banks and wooden palisades

verb

Enclose or provide (a building or place) with a palisade.

Usage examples:

He palisaded the ends of the streets, and made the town a roughly fortified camp

noun

A long row of cliffs (= high area of rock with a steep side)

noun

A low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony.

Usage examples:

She stood on the bridge, leaning over the parapet to watch the water race by

noun

A low wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, etc.

noun

A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.

Usage examples:

A castle with ramparts and a moat

verb

Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

Usage examples:

The town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble

noun

A large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it

noun

A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.

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They built stockades around their towns

verb

Enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.

Usage examples:

They fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city

noun

(in ancient rome) a defensive wall, rampart, or stockade.

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There was a ditch on the north side, and a military zone on the south defined by an earthwork calle…

noun

A continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land.

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A garden wall

verb

Another term for wall brown.

noun

A vertical structure that divides or encloses something

Usage examples:

The walls of the fortress were more than eighteen inches thick., we’d like the walls painted white.