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  Bulwark \Bul"wark\, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw.
     bolwerk, Dan. bolv["a]rk, bulv["a]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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  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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  Bulwark \Bul"wark\, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw.
     bolwerk, Dan. bolv["a]rk, bulv["a]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.
  
     2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from
        attack; any means of defense or protection.
  
              The royal navy of England hath ever been its
              greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our
              island.                               --Blackstone.
  
     3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.
  
     Syn: See Rampart.

  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.
  
           Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With
           rising towers.                           --Glover.

  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

  bulwark
     n.
     1 A defensive wall or rampart.
     2 A defense or safeguard.
     3 A breakwater.
     4 (lb en nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a
  nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas
  washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
     5 (lb en figurative) Any means of defence or security.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
     2 (lb en transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

  bulwark
     n.
     1 A defensive wall or rampart.
     2 A defense or safeguard.
     3 A breakwater.
     4 (lb en nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a
  nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas
  washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
     5 (lb en figurative) Any means of defence or security.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
     2 (lb en transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

  bulwark
     n.
     1 A defensive wall or rampart.
     2 A defense or safeguard.
     3 A breakwater.
     4 (lb en nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a
  nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas
  washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
     5 (lb en figurative) Any means of defence or security.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
     2 (lb en transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

  bulwark
     n.
     1 A defensive wall or rampart.
     2 A defense or safeguard.
     3 A breakwater.
     4 (lb en nautical) The planking or plating along the sides of a
  nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas
  washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
     5 (lb en figurative) Any means of defence or security.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
     2 (lb en transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.

  bulwark
     Englanti n.
     1 linnoitus, vallitus, suoja
     2 (yhteys merenkulku k=en) laita (laivan)
     Englanti vb.
     suojata, suojella, linnoittaa

  Bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  الواقٍ

  bulwark //ˈbʊl.wək// //ˈbʊl.wɝk// 
  1. защи́та, опо́ра
  defense or safeguard
  2. бастио́н, реду́т
  defensive wall or rampart
  3. фалшбо́рд
  nautical: planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/ 
  opevnění

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/ 
  bašta

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  Schutzwall , Wall  [mil.]
     Synonyms: defensive wall, parapet, rampart
  
   see: defensive walls, bulwarks, parapets, ramparts
  

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  
  μετερίζι

  bulwark //ˈbʊl.wək// //ˈbʊl.wɝk// 
  1. suojamuuri
  defense or safeguard
  2. paaluvarustus, suojamuuri, suojavalli
  defensive wall or rampart
  3. lisälaita, varalaita, varpe
  nautical: planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/ 
  1. कोट, चारदीवारी

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  bastion, bedem, brodska puna ograda, grudobran, nasip, zaklon, zaštita

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  1. habvéd
  2. védôgát
  3. mellvéd
  4. bástya

  bulwark //ˈbʊl.wək// //ˈbʊl.wɝk// 
  1. 藩屛
  defense or safeguard
  2. 堡塁
  defensive wall or rampart

  bulwark /ˈbʊlwək/ 
    osłona (against - przeciw)

  bulwark //ˈbʊl.wək// //ˈbʊl.wɝk// 
  bålverk
  defensive wall or rampart

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  1. siper, istihkâm, dıştan gelecek bir tehlikeye karşı herhangi bir tedbir. bulwarks  (den.) küpeşte.

  bulwark /bˈʊlwɔːk/
  1. siper ile korumak, muhafaza altına almak.

  
/ˈbʊɫwɝk/

  176 Moby Thesaurus words for "bulwark":
     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
  
  

  n. 壁垒,防波堤;

     n. 壁垒,防波堤