bulwark

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Middle High German, cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Dutch bolwerk. The first part is akin to bole (trunk of a tree). Cognates include boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch), Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • enPR: bo͝ol'wərk, bo͝ol'wôrk, IPA: /ˈbʊlwɝk/, /ˈbʊlwɔɹk/, SAMPA: /"bUlw@`k/, /"bUlwOrk/
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[edit] Noun

bulwark (plural bulwarks)

  1. A defensive wall or rampart.
  2. A defense or safeguard.
  3. A breakwater.
  4. (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.

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[edit] Verb

bulwark (third-person singular simple present bulwarks, present participle bulwarking, simple past and past participle bulwarked)

  1. (transitive) To fortify something with a wall or rampart.
  2. (transitive) To provide protection of defense for something.
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