BULWARK

bulwark

Noun

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

Verb

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


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