'Bulwark' definitions:
Definition of 'bulwark'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, bulwark, wall]
noun
A fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
noun
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, bulwark, seawall, jetty]
verb
Defend with a bulwark
Definition of 'Bulwark'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers. --Glover. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bulwark'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. [1913 Webster]
- The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck, usually a fencelike structure around the deck. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Rampart. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bulwark'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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