bulwark

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[edit] Etymology

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

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[edit] Noun

Singular
bulwark

Plural
bulwarks

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

Infinitive
to bulwark

Third person singular
bulwarks

Simple past
bulwarked

Past participle
bulwarked

Present participle
bulwarking

to 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.