bulwark
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
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Noun
- A [[defensive]] [[wall]] or [[rampart]].
- A [[defense]] or [[safeguard]].
- A [[breakwater]].
- {{lb|en|nautical}} The [[planking]] or [[plating]] along the sides of a nautical vessel above her [[gunwale]] that reduces the likelihood of [[sea]]s [[washing]] over the gunwales and people being washed [[overboard]].
- {{lb|en|figurative}} Any means of defence or security.
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fortify]] something with a wall or rampart.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[provide]] [[protection]] of defense for something.
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